Over the past decade, Colin has focused on regional planning, general plans, housing affordability, corridor redevelopment, and mixed-use development projects. Colin has managed numerous corridor projects on sites throughout Los Angeles and Orange counties. Notable projects include the Artesia Corridor Specific Plan, the Rosecrans Corridor Evaluation, the Arrow Highway Corridor Demonstration Project in the San Gabriel Valley, and (most recently) the Commercial Corridors study in Los Alamitos. His regional planning work includes policy planning, design and visioning, and buildout scenario modeling, with a particular focus on the Compass Blueprint Strategy for the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) from 2001 to present. He has also overseen large mixed-use projects such as the Carson Marketplace Specific Plan (currently under construction as The Boulevards at South Bay), the Section 19 Specific Plan in Rancho Mirage, and the Marina Specific Plan in Lake Elsinore. Complementing and enhancing his regional, corridor, and mixed-use planning is a strong foundation in housing policy and design. Colin has managed and worked on housing elements, affordability proformas, and housing design scenarios for dozens of jurisdictions throughout Southern California. Finally, Colin is a regularly published author of articles on regional and suburban planning, with articles in publications such as Urban Land, Urban Land Green, Multifamily Trends, and OC Metro. Colin is also the Director of Suburban Studies at The Planning Center and published Five Steps Towards a New Suburbia in 2006 to promote a comprehensive approach towards improving our suburban communities.

Steve’s career spans the spectrum of community planning and economic development. He has worked with communities to bridge the gap between long-range planning, policies, and economic development; with community organizations and special districts to fund and implement priority projects; and with developers, providing economic and market analysis to guide project decision-making and obtain entitlements. Steve focuses his work on crafting plans, policies, and development projects that are grounded in regional and global economic realities. He seeks to help his clients harness market forces to enhance their financial foundations. And most importantly, he uses his grasp of economic and market forces not only to overcome existing challenges but to help create visionary plans that capitalize on the possibilities, not just past trends. As The Planning Center’s in-house economist, Steve plays a role in a great many of the firm’s active projects. Before coming to The Planning Center, Steve worked as a community planning and economic development consultant for communities and developers in Michigan and Ohio. He has also served as the field director for a consulting team on a World Bank project in Yemen, an Economic Development Fellow with the International Economic Development Council, and a county Planning Director in Virginia.

Principal and Founder of Raimi + Associates, is a nationally recognized leader in the fields of comprehensive planning, public health and the built environment, sustainable development and LEED for Neighborhood Development. Matt has significant expertise in the relationship between public health and the built environment. He is the co-author of several books and reports including Understanding the Relationship Between Public Health and the Built Environment (USGBC, 2006) and How to Create and Implement Healthy General Plans (PHLP, 2008). He has also written several stand-alone public health elements for General Plans including those for Riverside County, South Gate, Downtown Fresno and El Monte and prepared health impact assessments for several design projects including the International Boulevard TOD corridor in Oakland and the Fresno Downtown Neighborhoods Community Plan. Mr. Raimi has 15 years of planning experience and has completed many complex regional and local planning and public outreach projects across California and on the East Coast, including General Plans for the California cities of West Hollywood, South Gate, Santa Monica, Mountain View, and Encinitas. One area of focus is working in disadvantaged communities, including areas of Oakland, San Francisco, Washington, DC and Los Angeles County. Previously, Matt worked as a policy analyst for the Natural Resources Defense Council. Matt is currently is a member of the U.S. Green Building Council’s Market Advisory Committee and a LEED Faculty member.

Transportation Planning Manager Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transporation Authority (Metro)