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Pedestrian Mall Removal Breathes New Life into Downtown Raleigh

By ksalay@pps.org on Mar 20, 2006 | Add Comment

Downtown Raleigh is rumbling back to life at last. With each new hole in the ground, the sound is building to a roar. The city counts nearly $1 billion in public and private investment either under way downtown or starting soon.

So what happened? Was it the decision to rip out the Fayetteville Street Mall, [...]

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Job Opening: Bookkeeping Assistant

By ngrossman@pps.org on Mar 20, 2006 | 3 Comments

PPS is looking to hire a part-time Bookkeeping Assistant. This is a key position responsible in assisting the Controller in the entire accounting cycle (posting journal entries, bank reconciliation, A/P, A/R, and preparation of financial statements) and will be a crucial member of our financial management team. Read more at: http://www.pps.org/info/aboutpps/jobopenings

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USDA Releases New Farmers Market Resource Guide

By jday@pps.org on Mar 14, 2006 | Add Comment

The Farmers Market Resource Guide, created by the Farmers Market Consortium (FMC), represents the efforts of public and private funders to work together to promote markets natiowide. The FMC’s creation was led by the USDA, and initial consortium conveners include the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Ford Foundation, the Kellogg Foundation, the [...]

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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

New York City Streets Renaissance Campaign and Exhibit

By ksalay@pps.org on Mar 3, 2006 | 2 Comments

PPS is excited to announce to you an exhibit we have just opened at the Urban Center Galleries at the Municipal Art Society. The exhibit Livable Streets: A New Vision for New York is the public kick off of the New York City Streets Renaissance Campaign that PPS is running with Transportation Alternatives [...]

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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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