February 12 Research in Progress: Empowering America’s Rural Communities Through Planning and Design

Dear Prince Street Community,

Please join us in the Library Room at 12pm for the following Research in Progress Lunchtime discussion on Tuesday February 12th, 2013!

Empowering America’s Rural Communities Through Planning and Design

Shelley Mastran

Urban Affairs and Planning

Rural communities across the U.S. are in decline as economic forces favor urban, suburban, and resort- or retirement-oriented exurban places.  To what extent can good planning and design help declining rural communities survive?  What role should the federal government play in fostering rural community planning?  This discussion will feature one federally funded program that provides design assistance to rural communities - the Citizens’ Institute on Rural Design - as an introduction to the topic.

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Coming Up:

Shalini Misra, UAP

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Tuesday, March 5, 2013

12-1:30pm