Millennium Magazine_8th Ed

16 Millennium - A Marquis Who’s Who Magazine Mr. Fleming is a prolific writer and editor, having authored “The Adventures of a Narrative Gardener” in 2020. He also wrote “The Art of Placemaking: Interpreting Community through Public Art and Urban Design” in 2007, “Saving Face: How Corporate Franchise Design Can Respect Community Identity” in 1994 and “On Common Ground” in 1982. Mr. Fleming received the Townsend Award for Lifetime Achievement from the New England Society of New York and was declared One of 16 National Leaders for Livable, Sustainable and Equitable America. The Partners for Livable Communities bestowed upon him the William H. Whyte Lifetime Achievement Award, and he received the Pulitzer Prize for Trilogy on Proprietorship from the Massachusetts Historical Society in 1982. Additionally, he earned commendations from the Department of Transportation. I nterested in the meaning of places and the environment, Ronald Lee Fleming became involved in the Cambridge Arts Council, and thus, his career with urban planning commenced. Drawing upon a BA from Pomona College and master’s degree in city planning from Harvard University, he began his career with Marshall, Kaplan, Gans & Kahn as an urban planner and analyst in 1969. He went on to become a main street revitalization planner in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1971, excelling in the role for the following seven years. In 1979, he became the president of the Townscape Institute – a position he still holds today. A consultant and lecturer on townscape and planning issues throughout the United States, Europe, Japan and China, Mr. Fleming was the founder and chairman of the Cambridge Arts Council from 1975 to 1979. From 1980 to 1984, he was chairman of the board of overseers for Strawberry Banke. A former standing committee member of the Trustees of Reservations in Beverly, Massachusetts, he also chaired the Boston chapter of Save Venice. RONALD LEE FLEMING URBAN PLANNER, CONSULTANT Townscape Institute Cambridge, MA ARCHITECTURE, CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE