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Planning Professor Ron Shiffman Receives Two Prestigious National Honors

Ron Shiffman, professor, Pratt Institute Graduate School of Architecture, and founder, Pratt Center for Community Development, was recently recognized with two national honors: the Rockefeller Foundation's 2012 Jane Jacobs Medal for Lifetime Leadership and the American Planning Association's 2013…

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Pratt Center Launches Online Holiday Store to Help NYC’s Small Manufacturers Recover from Sandy

In an effort to help local manufacturers get back on their feet after Super Storm Sandy, Pratt Center for Community Development has launched the Made in NYC Holiday Shop, an online holiday shop featuring a variety of goods…

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Women’s Wear Daily Features Pratt Center’s Made in NYC Holiday Shop

Women's Wear Daily featured Pratt Center for Community Development's Made in NYC Holiday Shop in its November 26 issue. The online shop, which Pratt Center launched to help local manufacturers get back on their feet after Sandy,…

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Two Pratt Center Experts Quoted in WNYC Story on Sheridan Expressway

Elena Conte, Organizer for Public Policy Programs, Pratt Center for Community Development, and Joan Byron, Director of Policy, Pratt Center, were quoted in a WNYC story on the Sheridan Expressway in the Bronx borough of New York City. Activists…

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Pratt Center Featured in MIT Blog Post on Urban Manufacturing

The Pratt Center for Community Development was featured in a MIT Community Innovators Lab (CoLab) Radio blog post on urban manufacturing. Adam Friedman, Director, Pratt Center, was quoted on urban manufacturing and how it is made more effective…

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Pratt Center to Launch “Amplify Action: Sustainability Through the Arts” Exhibition and Events

The Pratt Center for Community Development; Pratt's Initiative for Arts, Community, and Social Change (IACSC); and Bedford-Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation (BSRC) will present “Amplify Action: Sustainability through the Arts,” an exhibition of work by local and international artists that will…