[*BCM*] [LivableStreets]March 3 StreetTalk: Roles of the Street in Community Development

[Kara Oberg]

 Dear fellow organizations,

LivableStreets next StreetTalk is March 3rd. March's StreetTalk presenter
will be Mel King and he will be talking about the role of the street in
community development. I think your members would be very interested in this
event. Please forward along to friends, family and colleagues! Hope to see
you there!

Thanks,
Kara

 Roles of the Street in Community Development

with *Mel King
**Thurs, March 3, 7:00-9:00 pm
*@ LivableStreets office, 100 Sidney St, Cambridge [map...
<http://www.livablestreets.info/contact>
]
*
**Open to the public. $5-$10 suggested donation. Beverages provided.
**
How would you describe the spirit and rhythm of your street?* In a city
where each neighborhood and street has its own character and history behind
it, what story would your street tell?

*Join Mel King's discussion on what role streets play in community
development. *Mel's book *Streets*, creatively illustrates how streets are a
vital ingredient in the community building process. King explains the
street's importance in community building using Boston's South End
neighborhood, where King grew up. Streets explains why we need to create
livable streetscapes which encourage people to be outside interacting with
their neighbors in order to build a strong sense of community and place.

*Mel King* is a social activist, community developer, author and past
politician and MIT professor. He has been a vital part of Boston's
development over the past fifty years. Author of Chain of Change: Struggles
for Black Community Development, King wrote about the struggles of Boston's
Black community during urban renewal and the fight for Tent City. He also
created the Community Fellows Program in the Department of Urban Studies and
Planning at MIT and founded the South End Technology Center, a computer
youth program which keeps participants on the front end of emerging
technology.

> For more info, click here >>><http://www.livablestreets.info/event/streettalk/roles-street-community-development>

> Invite your friends and RSVP through facebook here >>> <http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=112088962200823>

> Questions? E-mail kara at livablestreets.info / call 617.621.1746


-- 
Kara Oberg I Event Coordinator Intern
LivableStreets Alliance I Rethinking Urban Transportation
860.877.3748
kara at livablestreets.info
www.livablestreets.info
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