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Speaking Engagement: Fred Kent will be the keynote speaker at the annual City of Bergen Conference

By dkitzes on Nov 20, 2008 | Add Comment

Fred will speak at the annual City of Bergen conference around the concept of “The Future City” and issues related to how cities will be envisioned and should be planned in the future.

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Discussion: Gary Toth will participate in a discussion to create a roadmap for active living.

By dkitzes on Nov 20, 2008 | Add Comment

Gary will participate in a discussion as a part of the National Center for Bicycling and Walking’s Active Living Resource Center. The purpose of the meeting is to create a roadmap to both encourage communities to become more pedestrian and bicycle-friendly, and provide them the technical assistance to do so.

The Roadmap will hopefully create [...]

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Conference: Fred Kent speaks at a conference in Turin, Italy titled “Destination Italy: Scenarios, Trends and Strategies to enhance Italian tourism.”

By dkitzes on Nov 13, 2008 | Add Comment

Fred travels to Turin, Italy to participate in the conference “Destination Italy: Scenarios, Trends, and Strategies to enhance Italian Tourism” presented by Fondazione Rosselli and Confturismo. As a panelist for the session “Friendly Urban Contexts: Ways of living / visiting cities, Fred will discuss urban quality, urban public spaces and accessibility with architect [...]

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Speaking Engagement: Renee Espiau speaks at the annual meeting for the Oyster Bay Main Street Association.

By dkitzes on Nov 13, 2008 | Add Comment

Renee presents at the annual meeting of the Oyster Bay Main Street Association about PPS and placemaking and how this is relevant to opportunities and challenges faced in Oyster Bay. Attending the meeting is a broad and diverse cross-section of interests from community residents to business, non-profit, and political leaders.

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Speaking Engagement: Cynthia Nikitin speaks at Hope Institute’s 4th Public Design Exhibition and Seminar, Korea

By Project for Public Spaces on Nov 11, 2008 | Add Comment

Cynthia Nikitin travels to Seoul Korea to speak at The Hope Institute’s 4th Public Design Exhibition and Seminar. The topic is Design Imagination for Better Community.

She will also speak on the recent translation of How to Turn a Place Around into Korean!

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PPS to Hold New Transportation Training Seminar in New York City, November 29-30

By bfried@pps.org on Oct 16, 2007 | Add Comment

Come to “Streets as Places”, PPS’s new training seminar, and learn how Placemaking can build great streets and great communities.

The course will introduce participants to new ways of thinking about streets as public spaces. It is intended for anyone who is interested in creating a great street, including transportation professionals who want to [...]

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