Training Course: ‘How to Turn a Place Around’

Posted by on July 19, 2002

[Comm-Org]

From: “Harriet Festing”

CREATING PLACES, BUILDING COMMUNITY….

Hi everyone,

Just to let you know that we still have some places available for this popular training course ‘How to Turn a Place Around’ in October – see below. Plus, limited spaces on our tour ‘Placemaking in the Czech Republic: An Insiders Tour http://208.45.47.25/czech_tour.htm. You may also like to find out more about our ‘Great Markets, Great Cities” conference in New York City http://www.pps.org/PublicMarkets/PMC_Main.

LARN ‘HOW TO TURN A PLACE AROUND IN YOUR COMMUNITY Whether you’re a planning professional or a neighborhood advocate; you can learn the techniques of making a great public space in your community.

Project for Public Spaces, an international leader in the design and management of public space, is offering a two-day course on how to revitalize places in your community through our unique approach to place making.

Inspired by our popular book, How to Turn a Place Around, the course will promote a deeper understanding of what makes public spaces function and PPS’s innovative methods of analyzing them. Set in the heart of New York City, participants work in small teams to observe and analyze places in and Union Square that illustrate pertinent issues, give insights and encourage them to see the sites from a user’s point of view.

To learn more visit us at http://208.45.47.25/nyc_training.htm or email hfesting@pps.org.

Date: October 24-25, 2002
Location: New York, NY