April 8, 2008

This evening, Tuesday, April 8, The George T. Hunter Lecture Series
presents Fred Kent, a leading authority on revitalizing city spaces and
one of the foremost thinkers in livability, smart growth and the future
of the city.  This event is free and open to the public. It will begin
at 7 p.m. in the Roland Hayes Concert Hall, UTC Fine Arts Center at the
corner of Vine and Palmetto Streets.

The Benwood Foundation, The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and
the Community Research Council (CRC), have partnered to bring The George
T. Hunter Lecture Series, named after the Benwood Foundation's founder,
to the UTC campus.

As founder and president of Project for Public Spaces (PPS), Kent is
known throughout the world as a dynamic speaker and prolific ideas man.
PPS's staff is trained in environmental design, architecture, urban
planning, urban geography, environmental psychology, landscape
architecture, arts administration and information management. The staff
also collaborates on projects with architecture, landscape architecture
and engineering firms, graphic design firms, transportation consultants,
retail planners and community organizations.