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Hosted by: Newport Tree Conservancy
PLACEstudio Landscape Design has completed a number of cultural landscape reports detailing the histories of significant landscapes throughout Newport. Historic property surveys are something any private property owner can undertake.
Join us for a visual journey through the ages as Aquidneck Island transforms from wilderness to meticulously designed landscape, featuring the highlights of historic surveys recently completed for several Newport properties.
Tanya Kelley, founder and Principal of PLACEstudio Landscape Design in Newport, RI received a Bachelor of Science in Landscape Architecture from the City College of the City of New York as well as a Masters in Landscape Architecture from The Rhode Island School of Design. She currently teaches in the Landscape Architecture Department at the University of Rhode Island.
She is active in planning and policy in Newport where she is currently Senior Project Manager for The Newport Spring Project which is designing the site of Newport’s original town spring, formerly Coffey’s gas station.
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Download PDFs from previous meetings below!
First Community Meeting: Monday, September 14, 2015
Second Community Meeting: Thursday, January 28, 2016
Third Community Meeting: Monday, June 6, 2016