FW: PPS features renowned author and speaker, Donovan D. Rypkema at its Annual Meeting and Preservation Lecture

Providence Preservation Society Annual Meeting and Preservation Lecture featuring Donovan D. Rypkema, Principal, Place Economics The Economics of Historic Preservation The Providence Preservation Society is proud to announce its 2008 Annual Meeting and Preservation Lecture featuring Donovan D. Rypkema, a national speaker and author on the economics of historic preservation to be held on Thursday, January 22, 2009 at the Providence Public Library (150 Empire Street) at 5:30 p.m. Mr. Rypkema is principal of Place Economics, a Washington, D.C.-based real estate and economic development-consulting firm specializing in services to public and nonprofit sector clients who are dealing with downtown and neighborhood commercial district revitalization and the reuse of historic structures. Rypkema established Heritage Strategies International, a firm created to provide similar services to world-wide clients. Rypkema has worked with communities in 49 States and more than 30 countries. He is the author of numerous articles and publications as well as a book, The Economics of Historic Preservation: A Community Leader's Guide. For more information on Mr. Rypkema, please visit his blog.   This event is free and open to the public.