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PRESS
RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE
Project
for Public Spaces announces new board directors
NEW YORK, June18 - Project
for Public Spaces, Inc. (PPS), a non-profit
organization specializing in the planning, design
and management of the public realm, is adding
five new members to its board of directors.
Founded in 1975, PPS's mission is to create
and sustain public places that build communities
through technical assistance, research, educational
activities and advocacy.
PPS's new directors are
Tom Downs, Executive Director of the National
Center for Smart Growth; Daniel M. Fox, President
of the Milbank Memorial Fund; Emily Lloyd, Executive
Vice President for Administration at Columbia
University; David McCune, a writer/consultant
who has been active in the publishing field
for over 20 years as a journalist, editor, publishing
executive and electronic publishing expert;
and Robert A. Peck, Commissioner of the Public
Buildings Service of the U.S. General Services
Administration from December 1995 to January
2001.
Last year, PPS developed
a new strategic plan, which calls for further
development of its four major programs - parks,
plazas and civic squares; transportation; public
markets; and community institutions and public
buildings - through three new crosscutting initiatives
including strategic partnerships, a public space
(educational) institute and an extended technical
assistance program. "Our new directors will
bring valuable skills that will enhance the
expertise of our current directors in helping
us to fulfill the goals of our strategic plan
and expand our capacity to serve communities
throughout the world," said Fred Kent, president
of PPS.
In the 26 years since
its founding, PPS has worked in over 1,000 communities
throughout the United States as well as internationally,
helping them create and carry out strategies
for turning their public spaces into places
that highlight local assets, serve common needs
and provide the foundation for community rejuvenation.
The other, previously
appointed, members of PPS's board of directors
include Jonathan Rose, president of the Affordable
Housing Development Corporation in Katonah,
New York and chairman of the PPS board; Richard
Bradley, executive director and CEO of the D.C.
Business Improvement District in Washington
and former president of the International Downtown
Association; Ricardo Byrd, executive director
of the National Association of Neighborhoods;
Elizabeth Smith Cashin, director of underwriting
and portfolio analysis for the Local Initiatives
Support Corporation; Dana H. Crawford, president
of Urban Neighborhoods in Denver which develops
historic properties; Douglas Durst, president
of the Durst Organization, a real estate firm
in New York City; Paul Elston, chairman of the
New York State League of Conservation Voters;
Roberta Brandes Gratz, an author (most recent
book: The Living City) and a former award-winning
reporter for the New York Post; Donald Jacob,
senior partner for the Patient Advocate Group
in Poughkeepsie; Don Miles, associate partner
with Zimmer, Gunsul, Frasca, an architectural-urban
design firm in Seattle; Joel Schiavone, owner
of the Schiavone Realty and Development Corporation
in New Haven; William Sharman, chairman and
chief executive officer of Lancaster Hotels
and Resorts in Houston; Kent G. Smith, president
of Crowley Cheese in Healdville, VT; Jennifer
Vickers, president of the Community Investment
Corporation in Austin; and Michael Whiteman,
president of Joseph Baum & Michael Whiteman
Company, a restaurant merchandising and operations
consulting firm.
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