Edward McMahon Coming to Eads June 3

May 28, 2004

Edward McMahon will present "The dollars and sense of preserving community character" at a reception on Thursday, June 3 starting at 5:30 p.m. with appetizers. McMahon will do his free presentation at 6 p.m. at the Kiowa County Community Building at the fairgrounds in Eads.

Some of the topics covered will be: •What are the important characteristics of your community? •What brings people there and what makes them want to stay? •What changes are on the horizon and how can you maintain what you value most about your community?

Edward is a land use planner, attorney, and director of The Conservation Fund’s "American Greenways Program." He is former president of Scenic America, a national non-profit organization devoted to protecting America’s scenic landscapes. McMahon is author of Better Models of Commercial Development, and co-author of Balancing Nature and Commerce in Gateway Communities. His "Looking Around" series of articles ran in the Planning Commissioners Journal from 1996 through 2001.

The presentation is sponsored by the Kiowa County Economic Development Foundation through a National Endowment for the Arts grant.