Spend a Week With Us in Italy

 

The Planning Commissioners Journal is teaming up with Adventures in Italy for a Place Making trip to Orvieto, Italy, next Spring.
	Sitting 700 feet above the Umbrian valley, Orvieto is rich in Etruscan, medieval, and Renaissance history and architecture.  The flat hilltop provides both easy walking and amazing vistas. Orvieto is renowned for both its wine and olive oil -- and it boasts what is arguably the best Gothic cathedral in Italy.
Join the staff of the Planning Commissioners Journal as we:
Discover how this small city applied urban planning principles to create its extraordinary public realm, while savoring Italian food, wine and culture.
Gain the insiders perspective by meeting face-to-face with the people guiding Orvieto in maintaining and enhancing its superb people-friendly environment.
Investigate CittaSlow, the international Slow Cities movement headquartered in Orvieto, which focuses on improving the quality of life through a local economy, excellence in the physical and natural environment, and by welcoming outsiders.
Observe and document the qualities that make dynamic "people places."
Relax at the end of each day, and enjoy conversations with fellow planners and their companions. We'll share insights and reflect on how each days' discoveries can be applied in our own communities.
About our trip: Civic designer and experienced Orvieto guide Bill Steiner will lead our group through a series of planning activities, with time each day devoted to enjoying Italian life: a vineyard tour, wine tasting, local market, a cooking lesson. Accompanied by Planning Commissioners Journal editor Wayne Senville & general manager Betsey Krumholz -- both experienced planning commissioners -- there will be ample time for participants to gain valuable perspectives on town and city planning to "take home" after a stimulating week. Our group will lodge at San Lodovico, a convent B&B which is spacious and relaxing, and within easy walking distance of the beautiful Piazza Ranieri. Together we will experience the warmth of Italy, while slowing down and absorbing the feel of this spectacular city.
Dates:  May 31 - June 6th, 2009 Anticipated Cost:  $ 2,150 per person* Interested?  Receive more information, including the planned itinerary, by adding your email address to the form on the right (we will get back to you right away), or call our office: 802-864-9083. * Fee includes six nights double occupancy lodging and breakfast and all program activities. Travel costs to and from Orvieto are not included.	Please send me more information on the planned trip to Orvieto, Italy.     * required     Email Address:    *                     Email Marketing by VerticalResponse