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<div>Dear fellow organizations,</div>
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<div>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!</div>
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<div>Thanks,</div>
<div>Kara</div>
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<h1><font color="#ff6600">Roles of the Street in Community Development</font></h1></div>
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<p><font color="#999999">with <strong>Mel King<br></strong></font><font color="#999999"><strong>Thurs, March 3, 7:00-9:00 pm<br></strong>@ LivableStreets office, 100 Sidney St, Cambridge [</font><a style="COLOR: rgb(96,81,58) !important; TEXT-DECORATION: underline !important" href="http://www.livablestreets.info/contact" shape="rect" target="_blank"><font color="#999999">map... </font></a><font color="#999999">]<br>
</font><strong><br></strong><em><font color="#999999">Open to the public. $5-$10 suggested donation. Beverages provided.<br></font></em><strong><br><font color="#999999"><img alt="" align="right" src="http://www.livablestreets.info/files/Streets.JPG" width="200" height="280">How would you describe the spirit and rhythm of your street?</font></strong><font color="#999999"> In a city where each neighborhood and street has its own character and history behind it, what story would your street tell? </font></p>
<p><font color="#999999"><strong>Join Mel King's discussion on what role streets play in community development. </strong>Mel's book <em>Streets</em>, 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. </font></p>
<p><font color="#999999"><strong>Mel King</strong> 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.</font></p>
<p><span><font color="#999999">> For more info,</font><a href="http://www.livablestreets.info/event/streettalk/roles-street-community-development" target="_blank"><font color="#999999"> click here >>></font></a></span></p>
<p><span><font color="#999999">> Invite your friends and RSVP through</font><a href="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=112088962200823" target="_blank"><font color="#999999"> facebook here >>> </font></a><span></span></span></p>
<p><span><font color="#999999">> Questions? E-mail </font><a style="COLOR: rgb(96,81,58) !important; TEXT-DECORATION: underline" href="mailto:kara@livablestreets.info" shape="rect" target="_blank"><font color="#999999">kara@livablestreets.info</font></a><span></span><font color="#999999"> / call</font></span><font color="#999999"> 617.621.1746</font></p>
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<div>Kara Oberg I Event Coordinator Intern<br>LivableStreets Alliance I Rethinking Urban Transportation</div>
<div>860.877.3748<br><a href="mailto:kara@livablestreets.info" target="_blank">kara@livablestreets.info</a><br><a href="http://www.livablestreets.info/" target="_blank">www.livablestreets.info</a><br></div><br>