A City's Center: Rethinking Downtown
Historically, a city’s downtown core has been the community’s cultural and economic center, expressing shared values and aspirations. Today, however, many downtowns represent a community’s social and economic distress. Cities of all sizes are trying to revitalize their downtowns, but the qualities essential to this revitalization remain elusive.
This is the focus of “A City’s Center: Rethinking Downtown”, a free conversation with Nan Laurence, a senior planner for the City of Eugene, on Wednesday, March 13th, 2013 at 6:30PM at Prairie Creek Center (across from Bank of Eastern Oregon). This program is hosted byGEMS and sponsored by Oregon Humanities.
Laurence has been a city planner for twenty-five years. She manages large-scale downtown development efforts and collaborates on arts and culture projects as a senior planner for the City of Eugene. Laurence has a master of architecture degree from the University of Virginia, a master of city and regional planning degree from Cornell University, and a B.A. in anthropology/sociology from Earlham College.
Through the Conversation Project, Oregon Humanities offers free programs that engage community members in thoughtful, challenging conversations about ideas critical to our daily lives and our state’s future. For more information about this free community discussion, please contact Mary Swanson at 426-3351 or bookloft@eoni.com
This is the focus of “A City’s Center: Rethinking Downtown”, a free conversation with Nan Laurence, a senior planner for the City of Eugene, on Wednesday, March 13th, 2013 at 6:30PM at Prairie Creek Center (across from Bank of Eastern Oregon). This program is hosted by
Laurence has been a city planner for twenty-five years. She manages large-scale downtown development efforts and collaborates on arts and culture projects as a senior planner for the City of Eugene. Laurence has a master of architecture degree from the University of Virginia, a master of city and regional planning degree from Cornell University, and a B.A. in anthropology/sociology from Earlham College.
Through the Conversation Project, Oregon Humanities offers free programs that engage community members in thoughtful, challenging conversations about ideas critical to our daily lives and our state’s future. For more information about this free community discussion, please contact Mary Swanson at 426-3351 or bookloft@eoni.com
A City's Center: Rethinking Downtown
Date and Time
Wednesday Mar 13, 2013
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM PDT
March 13, 2013; 6:30 pm
Location
Prairie Creek Center, 104 Litch St., Enterprise
Fees/Admission
Free
Contact Information
Mary Swanson, 541-426-3351
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