Billy Cooney

Billy Cooney is an urban planner and writer living in Asheville, North Carolina. By day, he organizes public events for Downtown Asheville and his neighborhood, Five Points. By night, he writes essays and book reviews, drawing on his experience in public and private sector planning to understand the space between idealism and implementation. His essays have appeared in local and national outlets, and he publishes regularly on his Substack, flâneurbanist.