News Roundup
Nov 2 2005
Mayors’ Institute on City Design Heads to New Orleans and Gulf Coast Region
Posted by: Chris Steins
18 October, 2005 - 11:53am
For Immediate Release
contact:
Rhonda Spears Bell — USCM, 202-861-6766
Frank Walter — AAF, 202-299-0300
October 18, 2005
MEDIA ADVISORY
Mayors’ Institute on City Design Heads to New Orleans and Gulf Coast Region; Brings Mayors and Architectural Design Experts Together to Help Rebuild Communities
City Design Institutes: Biloxi, MS — Nov. 14 and New Orleans — Nov. 15
Washington, DC — The Mayors’ Institute on City Design will hold two special design institutes in Biloxi, Mississippi and New Orleans, Louisiana for communities impacted by Hurricane Katrina. The institutes will bring leading experts in architecture and design together with mayors from these hard-hit regions to talk about rebuilding their communities.
The City Design Institute in Biloxi will be held on Monday, November 14 for the mayors from impacted communities in the Gulf Coast area.
The City Design Institute in New Orleans will be held on Tuesday, November 15 and will focus exclusively on rebuilding New Orleans.
The Mayors’ Institute on City Design is a partnership program of the National Endowment for the Arts, The United States Conference of Mayors, and the American Architectural Foundation. Its mission is to transform communities through design by preparing mayors to be the chief urban designers of their cities. Since 1986, more than 625 mayors and hundreds of design experts have participated in this program.
Please note: The City Design Institutes in Biloxi and New Orleans are closed to the media. However, there will be a press conference following each session. More information will be given later.
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The U.S. Conference of Mayors is the official nonpartisan organization of cities with populations of 30,000 or more. There are 1,139 such cities in the country today, each represented in the Conference by its chief elected official, the Mayor. For more information, please visit http://www.usmayors.org.
The American Architectural Foundation (AAF) is a national nonprofit 501©(3)organization that educates individuals and communities about the power of architecture to transform lives and improve the places where we live, learn, work, and play. Through its outreach programs, grants, exhibitions, and educational resources, the AAF helps people become thoughtful and engaged stewards of the world around them. For more information, please visit http://www.archfoundation.org.
The National Endowment for the Arts is a public agency dedicated to supporting excellence in the arts — both new and established — bringing the arts to all Americans, and providing leadership in arts education. Established by Congress in 1965 as an independent agency of the federal government, the Endowment is the nation’s largest annual funder of the arts, bringing great art to all 50 states, including rural areas, inner cities, and military bases. For more information, please visit “http://www.arts.gov:http://www.arts.gov.
Source: Planetizen
Filed under: Urban Design
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