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Summer 2006 Internship Opportunities at PPS

By ksalay@pps.org on Mar 8, 2006 | 6 Comments

Job Openings

Summer 2006 Internship Opportunities

Cover letter and resume should be submitted by Sunday, March 12
by midnight to: Internship Coordinator, Arianna Martinez at amartinez@pps.org

The three-month internship is offered to graduate students in planning or related
fields. We seek students who are passionate about preserving vibrant existing
public spaces [...]

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Upcoming Speaking Events with Fred Kent, San Diego, CA

By ksalay@pps.org on Mar 8, 2006 | Add Comment

Fred Kent, President of PPS, is participating in two events in San Diego, CA, on March 14 and 15:

“Creating a Sense of Place,” March 14, 7:00 pm
Fred will be giving a lecture at UCSD as a part of the Helen Edison Lecture Series. For more information on the event, please visit: Continue Reading

PPS Announces Winners of Small Grants to Diversify Farmers Markets in Twelve Cities and Towns

By jday@pps.org on Feb 15, 2006 | 4 Comments

Grants totaling $211,000 will expand impact of markets on communities

NEW YORK, NY – Twelve farmers markets across the United States will grow and diversify their operations, while broadening the social, cultural, and economic impacts on the communities they serve. They are the recipients of 12 grants, totaling $211,000, which were awarded by Project for [...]

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Steve Davies presenting at Rural Roots Conference, Boise ID

By ksalay@pps.org on Jan 30, 2006 | Add Comment

Steve Davies will be giving a presentation on the topic “Farmers’ Markets as Community Anchors” on February 4, 4:00 pm, at the Basque Center in downtown Boise, ID.

Many farmers’ markets feel powerless to control their own destiny because they are seen as having little value beyond a place where food is sold by farmers. [...]

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With Ford Foundation support, PPS Commits $100,000 for Rebuilding Farmers Market Networks on Post-Katrina Gulf Coast

By ngrossman@pps.org on Jan 4, 2006 | Add Comment

PPS will contribute $100,000 towards rebuilding
markets as a means of invigorating economic activity in the Gulf Coast region
of Louisiana and Mississippi. The funding, committed as part of a $900,000 re-granting
program for public markets recently awarded to PPS from the Ford Foundation,
will go to the Crescent City Farmers [...]

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Placemaking Symposium in Vancouver, December 16

By ksalay@pps.org on Dec 6, 2005 | Add Comment

Join Fred Kent and Ethan Kent at a Placemaking Symposium in Vancouver, BC on December 16th, sponsored by the Vancouver Planning Department:

Ever wonder what makes some public places great and others so ho-hum? If you’re interested in finding out what can be done to make our public places better, then the Planning Department is [...]

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2006 Public Market Grants – RFP Released

By ngrossman@pps.org on Oct 17, 2005 | Add Comment

PPS will be regranting approximately $1 million in collaborative funding from the Ford Foundation and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation to support public markets and farmers markets.

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Downtowns Harvest Farmers Markets’ Growing Success

By ksalay@pps.org on Jul 27, 2005 | Add Comment

Chris Heitmann recommends that as farmers markets grow in popularity around the country, communities direct efforts towards developing partnerships and strategic planning, in order to thrive and reap the economic and social benefits that markets bring to neighborhoods.

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Farmers Markets & Public Markets Second Annual Briefing

By ngrossman@pps.org on Jul 20, 2005 | Add Comment

PPS sponsored a briefing and reception with the support of the Ford Foundation and WK Kellogg Foundation on Monday, July 18, 2005 in Washington DC. (view event invitation and details.)

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Market Potential: How Public Markets Breathe Life into Urban Decline

By ksalay@pps.org on Jul 14, 2005 | 2 Comments

Steve Davies discusses how public markets are not only important as great places and destinations, but are also vital to city – and family – economies.

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The Big Experiment

By ksalay@pps.org on Jun 24, 2005 | Add Comment

A team from Lindsay, CA, discuss how they will use what they learned from attending PPS’s workshops, ‘How to Turn a Place Around’ and ‘How to Create Successful Markets,’ to improve their city.

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PPS Awarded $1,655,000 by W.K. Kellogg Foundation to Support Public Markets

By ngrossman@pps.org on Jun 1, 2005 | Add Comment

The W.K. Kellogg Foundation has awarded PPS a $1,655,000 grant to support a three-year initiative to expand the impact that farmers markets have on their communities.

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