Project for Public Spaces, a New York based nonprofit with over 35 years experience working with public spaces, is holding three training courses in New York City this Fall (www.pps.org/training).

Streets as Places will introduce participants to new ways of thinking about streets as public spaces and how Placemaking can be used to build great streets and great communities. It is intended for anyone who is interested in creating a great street, including transportation professionals, civic and elected officials, main street managers, and citizen activists. Specific topics will include transportation and land use, community engagement, street design flexibility, transit and station planning, and how to activate street edges.

Streets as Places will be held on November 10-11, 2011
www.pps.org/training/streets-as-places

How to Turn a Place Around introduces new ways of thinking about public spaces and how Placemaking and creating the city of the future can be transformative for neighborhoods, towns, cities, regions and even countries. Drawing upon PPS' work in cities across the globe, this training course will provide tools and case study examples of successful solutions that unlock the economic potential of our public spaces in these difficult economic times.

How to Turn a Place Around will be held on October 27-28, 2011
www.pps.org/training/httapa

Placemaking: Making It Happen is a new two-day training course focused on how to move ideas into reality by using a place-based management and implementation strategy. Joining PPS in teaching the course are individuals who have direct, hands on experience in applying a placemaking approach to their work. Also included are narrated site visits to a few of the best managed spaces in New York City and numerous opportunities for networking.

Placemaking: Making It Happen will be held on November 3-4, 2011
www.pps.org/training/making-it-happen

To REGISTER, please visit: http://www.pps.org/store/training-sessions

If you have any questions please contact [email protected].