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By: Mary Jander - How a Nonprofit Profits Public Spaces | Future Cities

Mary Jander - How a Nonprofit Profits Public Spaces | Future Cities — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 14:19:31 +0000

[...] in planning public spaces that has spanned more than 35 years since the nonprofit's founding by Fred Kent, who was a student of the urbanist William H. [...]

By: Project for Public Spaces | Overheard in Detroit: Ten Great Quotes From the Placemaking Leadership Council

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 17:27:50 +0000

[...] “Placemaking is community organizing. It’s a campaign.” —Fred Kent, President of PPS [...]

By: Project for Public Spaces | Detroit Leads the Way on Place-Centered Revitalization

Fri, 29 Mar 2013 20:14:38 +0000

[...] downtown. “The people in Detroit love their city so passionately,” says PPS president Fred Kent, who presented the public space plans at Rock’s unveiling event yesterday. “It’s [...]

By: Nancy Slotnick: Finding Love in a Public Space

Nancy Slotnick: Finding Love in a Public Space — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 18:44:22 +0000

[...] open open space can be a smashing board for design-o-philes, though Fred Kent, owner and boss of Project for Public Spaces, calls for formulating smaller enclaves, a routine that he coins “placemaking.” This form [...]

By: Project for Public Spaces | What Placemakers Can Learn from Bike/Ped Advocates

Thu, 21 Feb 2013 18:29:16 +0000

[...] Fred talks a lot about Zealous Nuts in his presentations, and there are no more zealous or nutty people than bike advocates! We’re very good at organizing, and showing up to meetings, and writing congressional offices. We’re a highly motivated crew. I think that Placemakers can learn a lot from rubbing elbows with bike advocates. [...]

By: Placemaking with Fred Kent

Placemaking with Fred Kent — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 00:31:12 +0000

[...] Altos Forward has arranged a series of small events with Fred Kent and Katy Madden from Project for Public [...]

By: Propertyozsa » Blog Archive » How change can work for Adelaide

Propertyozsa » Blog Archive » How change can work for Adelaide — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 03:02:00 +0000

[...] change can work for Adelaide Posted by: PropertyozSA / Category: News Tweet Fred Kent, President of PPS (Projects for Public Spaces) New York City, discusses change process that works [...]

By: 10 Destinations, 10 Places, 10 Things To Do - Seattle Transit Blog

10 Destinations, 10 Places, 10 Things To Do - Seattle Transit Blog — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 17:16:36 +0000

[...] is a good primer on what waterfronts need to be successful. The videos was a presentation given by Fred Kent, founder for Project for Public Spaces, to a business group in San Diego. If you already know what [...]

By: LIve Stream 2pm: Imagining Buffalo’s Waterfront « WNYMedia.net

LIve Stream 2pm: Imagining Buffalo’s Waterfront « WNYMedia.net — Sat, 06 Nov 2010 13:39:10 +0000

[...] Fred Kent is the founder and director of Project for Public Spaces (PPS), a nonprofit planning, design and educational organization dedicated to helping people create and sustain public spaces that build stronger communities. His pioneering place-making approach helps citizens transform their public spaces – including waterfronts — into vital places that highlight local assets, spur rejuvenation and serve common needs. [...]

By: Upcoming PPS Projects & Talks October-November 2010 « Project for Public Spaces - Placemaking for Communities

Wed, 06 Oct 2010 21:49:21 +0000

[...] All this week, a team from PPS travels to Tupelo, Mississippi (Elvis’ birthplace!) to work with a team of placemakers from the Trust’s National Main Street Center to help this community improve their Main Street. This project engages a wide range of Tupelo stakeholders, community members and the Department of Transportation to enliven its Main Street corridor, a state highway which links downtown to the birthplace of Elvis and other public spaces and local destinations. [...]