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Kathleen Ziegenfuss

Kathleen relocated to New York City in the fall of 2004 to join PPS. As an Associate at PPS, her primary focus is on assisting Fred Kent and Kathy Madden on project work, workshops and special assignments. Projects she is currently involved in and has worked on include: a training program for associates through Greenspace Scotland to incorporate a Placemaking approach to projects throughout Scotland; the visioning for the creation of a First Street Promenade district and revitalized downtown in Rochester, MN; the redevelopment of the former convention center in Washington DC; a vision for central Brisbane, CA; visioning for the new Houston Downtown Park; and working on a strategy to increase activity in the Mead Garden Botanic Garden in Winter Park, FL. Kathleen also coordinates the How to Turn a Place Around training course which PPS offers each spring and fall.

She came to New York from her native Minneapolis. While in Minnesota she interned at the Midtown Greenway Coalition, which oversees the community-based process and development of a greenway connecting the Chain of Lakes to the Mississippi River. As a recipient of the Ada Draper Award from Boston University, she received a grant to travel to Spain in the summer of 2003 to hike the 900 kilometer Camino de Santiago. Starting in France and ending at the sea above Portugal, she walked about 20 miles a day and looked at the urbanization and development along the Camino, focusing on how the people traversing the trail have influenced the towns and cities it passes through—physically, socially, culturally and artistically.

Previous to living in Minneapolis, Kathleen spent five years in Boston. She attended Boston University and after graduating worked as a substitute teacher in the Boston Public Schools and at Larry Koff & Associates, a community planning firm. While working at Larry Koff & Associates, Kathleen assisted the principal on Master Planning and Community Development plans throughout the greater Boston area. She majored in Urban Studies and Hispanic Languages and Literature, and minored in Visual Arts. While in school she worked at Boston Mobilization and was involved in organizing students around the housing crunch, which was exacerbated by the city’s numerous colleges and universities.

Education

Boston University, Bachelor of Arts in Urban Studies and Hispanic Languages and Literature, 2002

Languages

Spanish

Publications

Organizing Guide for Housing Justice, Boston Mobilization, 2001

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