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Singapore Urban Redevelopment Authority Training

By Craig Raphael on May 20, 2010 | Add Comment
Singapore (2008-2009) Client: Urban Redevelopment Authority

PPS conducted a training program for staff of the Urban Redevelopment Authority to help them create a vision and long term development strategy for the downtown core. The training focused on Placemaking techniques using Marina Bay, Singapore River, Civic District, and BrasBasah Bugis in the city centre as evaluation sites. Marina Bay, the [...]

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Placemaking in Regina, Saskatchewan

By Craig Raphael on May 25, 2009 | Add Comment
Regina, Saskatchewan, CA (2009) Client: Regina Department of Highways and Transportation, Regina Department of Planning and Sustainability In November 2009, Project for Public Spaces provided a collaborative training for Regina, Saskatchewan’s Department of Highways and Transportation and Department of Planning and Sustainability. Local officials engaged PPS after identifying the need for greater coordination between land [...]
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Placemaking Chicago

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2009 | Add Comment
Chicago, IL (2008 - 2009). Chicago's Metropolitan Planning Council asked PPS to assist them in setting up a citywide Placemaking campaign. The campaign now supports several demonstration projects and organizes placemaking forums for city agencies.
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Context Sensitive Solutions Website

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2009 | Add Comment
(2003 - present). ContextSensitiveSolutions.org is an online clearinghouse of information about CSS created to help integrate CSS into project planning, development, and implementation in all 50 states by September 2007.
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CRA/LA Placemaking Academy

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2009 | 4 Comments
Los Angeles, CA (2009). Gathering staff from the seven CRA planning regions around the city, as well as the Bureau of Engineering, City Planning and City DOT, the CRA hired PPS to develop and deliver a Placemaking academy-style training program.
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Placemaking on the Hong Kong Waterfront

By Craig Raphael on May 20, 2008 | Add Comment
Clients: Gammon Construction, City of Hong Kong, Designing Hong Kong
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Hong Kong’s central waterfront is undergoing a massive redesign, an exciting process that has produced a rich mix of new developments, all with a variety of planned uses and activites. Structured according to essenital principles including respect for the natural context and existing urban fabric, diversity, vibrancy and green [...]

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Canadian Library Training Courses: Nova Scotia, Saskatchewan, British Columbia

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2008 | Add Comment
Canada (2006-2008). PPS facilitated Placemaking training seminars for Canadian librarians that introduced participants to a unique, place-based approach to the planning and design of cities and towns and their public spaces.
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Context Sensitive Solutions Training

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2007 | Add Comment
New Jersey, New York, Wisconsin & New Hampshire (2000- 2007). PPS has developed and implemented training on "Context Sensitive Solutions" over the past decade in multiple states across America. Find out more at the Context Sensitive Solutions website, here.
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Creating and Managing Successful Destinations Forum

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2007 | Add Comment
New York, NY (2007). In June 2007, PPS and three of its board members convened with public space developers and managers at the first-ever public space management forum.
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Integrating Transportation and Land Use Planning in New Jersey

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2007 | Add Comment
New Jersey (2005 - 2007). In recent years, the New Jersey Department of Transportation has made great strides in better understanding the role that their transportation investments play in community livability, placemaking and smart growth. However, NJDOT's efforts to create more livable communities that depend less on automobile traffic can only succeed with the cooperation and leadership of New Jersey's municipalities.
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Building Bellingham Around Places

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2006 | Add Comment
Bellingham, WA (2006). In 2006, Mayor Asmundon attended the "How to Turn a Place Around" training course. He found the course so innovative and inspiring that he brought PPS to Bellingham to train his city's leaders too.
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Placemaking in Mississauga

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2006 | Add Comment
Mississauga, Ontario, CAN (2005 - 2006). In June, 2005, PPS led training workshops and presentations for over 200 City of Mississauga staff from all departments, including politicians and senior management. Now, Mississauga is moving forward with plans to redevelop two City Centre squares and develop a new downtown park, based on the principles of Placemaking.
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