Rick Cole is the City Manager in Ventura, California, where he has championed smart growth strategies and revitalization of the historic downtown. He previously spent six years as the City Manager of Azusa, where he was credited by the San Gabriel Valley Tribune with helping make it “the most improved city in the San Gabriel Valley.” He earlier served as mayor of Pasadena and has been called “one of Southern California’s most visionary planning thinkers by the LA Times.” He was honored by Governing Magazine as one of their “2006 Public Officials of the Year.”
Rick Cole
Rick Cole
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Title | Poster | Replies | Updated |
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Urban Development: Playing Twister With The California Environmental Quality Act | Rick Cole | 1 | 9 years 28 weeks ago |
Public Pensions: Reform, Repair, Reboot | Rick Cole | 6 | 10 years 2 weeks ago |
Throwing Rocks At History | Rick Cole | 5 | 10 years 13 weeks ago |
The Change We Need - Part II: Will We Sustain The Current Economy, Or Create A Sustainable Economy? | Rick Cole | 4 | 10 years 41 weeks ago |
The War For Jobs Trumps The War For Sales Tax Dollars: Part I | Rick Cole | 1 | 10 years 47 weeks ago |
Scrap Zoning; Legalize Great Places | Rick Cole | 8 | 11 years 19 weeks ago |
Las Vegas: The Boom - Bust Bender | Rick Cole | 1 | 11 years 43 weeks ago |
E-Government: City Management Faces Facebook | Rick Cole | 5 | 13 years 3 weeks ago |
Looking Down Under for a California Turnaround | Rick Cole | 0 | 13 years 40 weeks ago |
The War For Jobs, Part II: Teamwork On The Frontlines | Rick Cole | 0 | 14 years 20 weeks ago |