The Annapolis Sustainable Business Alliance with co-host the City of Annapolis is presenting a public forum today from 1-3 p.m at City Hall with Fred Kent of the Project for Public Spaces, one of the current leading authorities on revitalizing city spaces. We’ll be broadcasting his presentation live and provide an HD recap afterward.
You can learn more about Mr. Kent and the Project for Public Spaces at their website.
The official press release from the ASBA:
The Annapolis Sustainable Business Alliance is proud to sponsor a public forum featuring Fred Kent, founder and president of The Project for Public Spaces. The event will take place on August 25, 2010, beginning at 1:00 p.m., in the Annapolis City Council Chambers. Mr. Kent will be speaking about Public Markets, plazas and downtown areas, their relationships with their cities, their people, their visitors, how they integrate into the entire community, and what makes them work.
With decisions about the future of the Market House looming, it is essential to have an enlightened view of the possibilities for the most important and visible public space in Annapolis. For Kent, “the idea of a place is a transformative way of thinking that moves beyond the narrow concept of design and gauges success according to how people feel about a space and how often they return.”
Fred Kent is a leading authority on revitalizing city spaces and one of the foremost thinkers in livability, smart growth and the future of the city. As founder and president of Project for Public Spaces, he is known throughout the world as a dynamic speaker and prolific ideas man.
Traveling over 150,000 miles each year, Fred offers technical assistance to communities and has given talks across the U.S. as well as internationally. Each year, he and the PPS staff train 10,000 people in Placemaking techniques. (pps.org)The public is invited to attend. Following Mr. Kent’s presentation there will be an opportunity for questions.
For further information, please contact Cathy Durkan, ASBA President, at cathymixedgreens@verizon.net.
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Thanks for hosting this! but will need to watch the replays…my net seems to not be able to keep it streaming.
Evidently the the WiFi at City Hall made getting a strong stream near impossible. We were filming in full-HD as well and we’re working to edit that now.