Fred Kent, President of the Project for Public Spaces, will be the keynote speaker at two local events this week.  PPP is a national leader in encouraging the development of high quality urban public spaces that foster community building and economic development. Both events have an admission fee, but are great opportunities to learn from an expert.

Regional Symposium on Place Making
Thursday, May 6th, 2:30 p.m. – 4:45 p.m.
Liberty Memorial’s J.C. Nichol’s Auditorium
Ochsner Hare and Hare planning and landscape architects present this event in honor of the firms 100th anniversary. (The Liberty Memorial was a project of the original Hare & Hare firm).

Building Community, Creating Places and Sustaining Neighborhoods
Friday, May 7th, 8:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Powell Community Center, Mission, KS
This even is part of the Mid-America Regional Council’s Academy for Sustainable Communities, an ongoing lecture series.