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Hamilton CAN Gets Inspiration from PPS

By ksalay@pps.org on Mar 3, 2006 | Add Comment

The town of Hamilton, Ontario, looks to PPS’s lists of the
best squares in North America and the squares most in need of improvement for inspiration to improve the public spaces in their community, and to plan for a downtown that is a great place for people.

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If You Build It, They Will Come — on Foot

By ksalay@pps.org on Feb 21, 2006 | Add Comment

Jay Walljasper writes on the emerging movement to reclaim public spaces, from Copehagen to Bellevue.

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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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PPS Placemaking Workshop a Success in Cambridge, CAN

By ksalay@pps.org on Feb 13, 2006 | Add Comment

PPS delivered a seminar and workshop on creative urban planning to design and planning students, members of the public, local politicians, and organizers from Heritage Cambridge this past weekend…the results were nothing short of remarkable.

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Upcoming PPS Speaking Events

By ksalay@pps.org on Feb 7, 2006 | Add Comment

PPS is participating in several conferences and events in the next few weeks in: Madison, WI; Miami, FL; Trenton, NJ; and Richmond, CAN. For more information on any of these events, please visit the links below:

February 16: Phil Myrick will be the keynote speaker at the 2006 Wisconsin Business Improvement District Conference, giving a [...]

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A New Concept for Road Planning

By ksalay@pps.org on Feb 6, 2006 | Add Comment

America’s state highway departments are ceasing to operate as overbearing Goliaths, and are instead beginning to use context sensitive approaches to working with communities.

New Hampshire has perhaps made the most remarkable change thus far, trying to retain its quality of life by looking for alternatives to faster roads and more cars.

Carol Murray, New [...]

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Plan to Revitalize Mississauga’s City Center Hailed by Community

By ksalay@pps.org on Feb 2, 2006 | 4 Comments

PPS’s vision of transforming Mississauga’s city centre and civic square into a lively public space – complete with parks, a tea house, a farmers’ market and a wedding chapel – is being hailed as an effective way to revitalize some very dead space.

“These seem like very good suggestions,” said Ken Greenberg, a Toronto urban [...]

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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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Oviedo Residents Visit Site of New Downtown Park and Town Center

By ksalay@pps.org on Jan 25, 2006 | 5 Comments

PPS’s Kathy Madden and Meg Walker led the group around the site, and conducted a Placemaking workshop to illicit the community’s vision of what the new park in Oviedo, FL, will be.

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Orange Country Sows Seeds for One of the Nation’s Biggest Urban Parks

By ksalay@pps.org on Jan 24, 2006 | Add Comment

Ethan Kent, PPS Vice President, notes that several of the parks Orange County officials visited on a fact-finding mission are included on PPS’s Hall of Shame due to their emphasis on design, rather than amenities to serve the community’s needs.

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Turn CT Speedway Into A Boulevard

By ksalay@pps.org on Jan 23, 2006 | Add Comment

Toni Gold, a Senior Associate of PPS, recommends turning a dangerous speedway in a Connecticut town into a boulevard designed for speeds no greater than 40 mph, using narrow lanes, bike lanes, a raised planted medium, and lots of crosswalks.

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Once-popular Elevated Skywalks Suck Life Out of Streets

By ksalay@pps.org on Jan 11, 2006 | Add Comment

“More cities are realizing that skywalks are not what they were cut out to be,” said Fred Kent, president of Project for Public Spaces, a New York City-based nonprofit organization that helps communities create and sustain public places. “Instead of drawing additional people and retail to a second level, skywalks have left streets lifeless, presenting [...]

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