May 7, 2012
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Tour the June Delta Key Community Center –
A Living Building Challenge Demonstration Project
If you attended or missed but wanted to attend the Living Cities, How Do We Get There? session at the recent ASLA Oregon symposium and want to learn more about the living building challenge process, come to the MT Hood chapter meeting at the June Key Delta Community Center on May 31st.
Architect Mark Nye will be there to discuss how this community center was developed from an old gas station site and how it was transformed into a community asset with minimal environmental impacts.
Topics will include:
• An overview of the building and site’s fulfillment of the Living Building Challenge ‘petals’.
• Transformation of a brown field site to a usable property.
• Inclusion of the community in the programming and design process.
• Provisions for opportunities in urban agriculture and food education
• Collecting and reusing stormwater on site.
Spend an hour on the tour and then mingle with your colleagues at the Community Center.
(2) HSW PDH's are being offered at this event!.
Thursday, May 31 2012
5940 North Albina Ave., Portland, OR
Agenda:
5:30-5:45 - Gather together
5:45-6:45 - Tour and talk
6:45-7:45 - Social hour
Cost:
Free!
Maul Foster Alongi will be sponsoring the event by providing snacks and drinks.
Please RSVP to this event!
For more information and to RSVP email Joyce Jackson:
jjackson@maulfoster.com
May 2, 2012
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April 16, 2012
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TRANSITION PLANNING FOR NEW AND EXITING LEADERS
A Town Hall with Internationally Acclaimed Consultant Hugh Hochberg
As more and more Baby Boomers retire in the Oregon architecture, engineering and construction (A/E/C), transition is becoming an industry norm. With this in mind, SMPS Oregon brings The Coxe Group partner Hugh Hochberg to Oregon for a ‘town hall’ style, interactive presentation on the do’s and don’ts of transition/succession planning.
This event is sponsored by:
Transition planning, also known as succession planning, is all the rage in Oregon’s architecture, engineering and construction (A/E/C) industry.
Firms such as FFA, Lease Crutcher Lewis, and Kennedy-Jenks Consultants have recently negotiated this great abyss with success but there are countless other firms in line behind them.
With this in mind, SMPS Oregon brings The Coxe Group partner Hugh Hochberg to Oregon for a ‘town hall’ style, interactive presentation.
Hochberg, an AIA Handbook of Professional Practice author, and a co-author of McGraw-Hill’s Success Strategies for Design Professionals will tap his 36 years of consulting to an estimated 800 A/E/C clients to provide Oregon Principals, Associates and Marketers with the ingredients of successful transition -- in Hugh’s words “how to make it happen.”
The Coxe Group partner will draw on concepts, case studies, and consulting experiences to provide the audience with real-life examples across a wide spectrum of situations and cultural dynamics.
The aim of the presentation will be to arm today’s and tomorrow’s leaders with the information they need to appropriately position their organizations -- and their careers - for the highest likelihood of success during transition.
Hugh’s “interactive” talk (participation required!) will address the components of transition, including:
• Ownership
• Management
• Governance
• Marketing
• Leadership
Hugh will make it a priority to pay very close attention to ownership – which he says often gets the most attention -- and leadership which, he describes as usually the most challenging and most critical to sustaining success.
Hugh adds that without a successful transition, firms languish and then disappear. He says to expect to walk away from this presentation with clarity about “what’s going well” in your firm in the context of transition and “what needs attention.”
Beer, wine & hors d'oeuvres will be available at this event.
WHEN:
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
4:30 pm Registration
5:00 - 6:30 pm Program
6:30 – 8:00 pm No-Host After Party
WHERE:
McMenamins Mission Theater
1624 NW Glisan
Portland, OR 97209
(503) 223-4527
PRICING:
Member: $45 (Only $35 if registered by May 2nd!)
Member Firm: $50 (Only $40 if registered by May 2nd!)
Non-member: $60 (Only $50 if registered by May 2nd!)
Group Discount: Receive a $10 per person discount when registering 5 or more people at one time!
RSVP:
On-line registration will close Tuesday, May 8th.
Late registrations will be subject to a $5 late fee per person.
Contact Viv Perry directly at vperry@froelich-engineers.com to request late registration,
but please register early to ensure your attendance!
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April 15, 2012
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Dear friends and colleagues,
There are quite a few events happening during the month of April that we would like to bring to your attention.
First, and foremost, we would like to encourage you to attend the Oregon ASLA Symposium on April 21. Due to this event falling in the same week we would normally hold our section meeting, we are opting to cancel our meeting in the hope that you will be even more likely to venture up to Portland for this wonderful Saturday happening.
The annual HOPES conference is taking place once again on the University of Oregon campus April 13 & 14, with some very interesting speakers. The theme this year is DIRT. Diana Balmori speaks on April 13 and Walter Hood speaks April 14. See http://hopes.uoregon.edu/ for more information.
Jeff Howe will be speaking at the University of Oregon on April 27 at 4:00 pm. Paula Morgan is scheduled to speak May 25 at noon. More details to follow.
Mid-term studio reviews in Lawrence Hall are scheduled for early May; please contact the UO Department of Landscape Architecture if you would like to offer yourself as a reviewer. Ron Lovinger is teaching a studio on the “butterfly” parking structure within our downtown park blocks, and there might be a different topic to suit your fancy. Remember; hours spent in the classroom can be applied to some of your your PDH requirements.
We are looking forward to better weather this summer and would like to prime you to start thinking about projects tours. What do you want to see? What can you offer? Please keep this in mind as we plow through the next couple of months at warp speed.
ASLA Oregon, WVS Co-Chairs
Arica Duhrkoop-Galas
Justin Lanphear, ASLA
For More Information Contact Arica Duhrkoop-Galas
April 15, 2012
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Sign-up today for Landscape Field Day - May 17, 2012!
Please RSVP for seminars at: Seminar RSVP
Click on the link for more information and for seminar schedule: 2012 Landscape Field Day.
Continuing education credits are available for OLCB, ASLA, and APLD.
We also need a head count for lunch. RSVP by May 10th: jlarson@cascadiannurseries.com
More Information and to RSVP
April 15, 2012
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ASLA Oregon Chapter would like to extend special thanks to our
2012 CHAPTER SPONSORS
Gold Chapter Sponsor: Cascade Recreation
Cascade Recreation, Inc. offers a variety of unique, high quality products to meet your recreation equipment needs. Contact Martha Gaty, Oregon Sales Consultant | martha@cascaderec.com | 503.708.4878 | www.cascaderec.com
Newswire Sponsor: JB Instant Lawn
We provide: Sod, Big roll sod installation. Drill Seeding, Slitseeding ,Aerification, Verticutting, Hydroseeding and Trees. Contact Abbas Soltani | asoltani@centurylink.net | 503-260-9608 | www.jbinstantlawn.net
2012 SYMPOSIUM SPONSORS, EXHIBITORS,
SUPPORTERS & VOLUNTEERS!
Enlightened Landscape[s] Symposium, April 21st, 2012
View Symposium Page for More Information
Presenting Sponsor + Lunch Sponsor + Exhibitor: Buell Recreation
Buell Recreation is your outdoor environment specialist providing a variety of quality park and playground products, custom playground designs and on-going owner support services. Contact Doug Buell, Principal | doug@buellrecreation.com | 503.922.1650 | www.buellrecreation.com
Continental Breakfast Sponsor + Exhibitor: Rain Bird
A privately held company founded in 1933, Rain Bird Corporation is the leading manufacturer and provider of irrigation products and services. Contact Christen B. Funk | cfunk@rainbird.com | 503.410.4489 | www.rainbird.com
Nature Play Session Sponsor: Rocks & Ropes
With monolith-climbers, logs, boulders and rope bridges, Rocks & Ropes offers an exciting and adventurous linked-play experience inspired by nature. Contact Martha Gaty, Oregon Sales Representative | martha@cascaderec.com | 503.708.4878 | www.upcparks.com
Lanyard Sponsor
Teufel Landscape is a nationally recognized provider of quality plants, design, build, and maintenance services in commercial and residential landscape installations. Contact SuSu Hunniecutt | susuh@teufel.com | 503.577.9542 | www.teufel.com
Exhibitor: Cascade Recreation
Cascade Recreation, Inc. offers a variety of unique, high quality products to meet your recreation equipment needs. Contact Martha Gaty, Oregon Sales Consultant | martha@cascaderec.com | 503.708.4878 | www.cascaderec.com
Exhibitor: Cascadian Nurseries
Bring your landscape designs to life with the finest plant materials, such as classic and new plant favorites, available through Cascadian Nurseries. Contact Jim Larson | jlarson@cascadiannurseries.com | 503.647.9292 | www.cascadiannurseries.com
Exhibitor: JP Stone Contractors
We at JP Stone Contractors are a full service landscape contracting company who can take your design to completion. Contact JP Stone | info@jpstonecontractors.com | 503.209.5982 | www.jpstonecontractors.com
Exhibitor: Landscapeforms
A leading designer/manufacturer of commercial site furnishings & amenities. Contact Tim Gish, NW Territory Manager | timg@landscapeforms.com | 503.381.4964 | www.landscapeforms.com
Exhibitor: Monrovia
Monrovia offers a complete, container-grown line of ornamental and edible trees and shrubs. Contact Katharine Rudnyk | krudnyk@monrovia.com | 1.800.999.9321x1148 | www.monrovia.com
Exhibitor: Northwest Playground Equipment
Northwest Playground Equipment provides commercial playground systems, safety surfacing, aquatic spray parks, shelters, ironsmith tree and trench grates and a complete offering of site amenities. Contact Bob McGarvey, President | bob@nwplayground.com | 800.726.0031 | www.nwplayground.com
Exhibitor: Recreation Services, Inc.
Innovative playground products and custom designed natural play elements. Contact Clay Nored | clay@rsnorthwest.com | 541.914.1357 | www.rsnorthwest.com
Exhibitor: The Western Group
We are a local manufacture of woven wire, welded wire, and perforated plate for your architectural needs. Contact Marty Salade | portland@thewesterngroup.com | 503.222.1644 | www.thewesterngroup.com
Exhibitor: Columbia Cascade
Makers of eco-friendly TimberForm & PipeLine Playground Equipment and Outdoor Fitness Systems, TimberForm Site Furniture and CycLoops & CycLocker Bicycle Management Products. Contact Steve Kirn, Sales Manager | stevek@timberform.com | 503.223.1157 | www.timberform.com
Exhibitor: Fryer Noble Co. / Vertigrow
Fryer Noble Co. / Vertigrow provides modular parallel-panel mesh trellis systems for building exteriors and improve wall durability, energy efficiency, and air quality. Contact Monica Herbst | monica@fryernoble.com | 206-568-3900 | www.vertigrowtrellis.com
Exhibitor: Iron Age Designs
Iron Age Designs provides designer cast metal trench drain grates, catch basin grates, tree grates and other architectural castings for public and residential use. Contact Rich Lee | richlee@ironagegrates.com | 206.932.6366 | www.ironagegrates.com
Exhibitor: Northwest Recreation
NW Recreation delivers superb design, tough durability and high performance craftsmanship in urban site furnishings, athletic facilities and park & playground structures. Contact Jim Ringelberg | jim@nwrecreation.com | 503.248.7770 | www.nwrecreation.com
Exhibitor: Toro
Toro and Irritrol are manufacturers of the new Precision line of water saving irrigation products. Contact Dave Snell, Specificatiion & Municipality Sales | david.snell@toro.com | 503-784-2047 | www.toro.com
Community Partner Sponsor: Cascadia Green Building Council
Join Cascadia Green Building Council May 2-4 for Living Future 2012, where the green building movement’s leading thinkers and practitioners come together to share their deep expertise and dearest hopes, to leap ahead as a movement and as a society. Living Future is where cutting edge practice meets inspiration and where visionaries get down to business. This three-day unConference has earned a reputation as the must-attend event for many of the green building movement’s most innovative and influential leaders. This years conference will take place in Portland, Oregon and is themed “Women Reshaping the World”. For more information please go to the Living Future 2012 website. Contact Elizabeth Flanagan | beth.flanagan@gmail.com | 971.275.5119 | http://cascadiagbc.org/living-future/12
Supporters
Alta Planning + Design
Atelier Dreiseitel + Place
HL Stearns
Maul Foster & Alongi
Mayer/Reed
Marianne Zarkin Landscape Architects
Greenworks, P.C.
Koch Landscape Architecture
Lango Hansen Landscape Architects
Nevue Ngan
Quatrefoil Inc.
Shapiro Didway Landscape Architecture
Walker Macy
Volunteers
Cody Erhart
Beth Flanagan
Martha Gaty
Jim Hencke
Emily Hull
Andrea Kuns
Kurt Lango
Teresa Long
Christopher Olin
Nick Overall
Bruce Powers
Jeff Schnabel
Mary Stewart
Marianne Zarkin
April 7, 2012
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April is Landscape Architecture Month!
ASLA Oregon is pleased to announce our Spring 2012 Chapter lineup of Portland Events!
Join fellow like-minded student and professional peers in networking, learning and fun!
To learn more, register for events, find resources and subscribe to our mailing list visit www.aslaoregon.org.
Download Upcoming Events Flyer PDF - 11x17 Screen
Download Upcoming Events Flyer PDF - 11x17 Print
Visit ASLA Oregon's NLAM Page
Visit ASLA Oregon's Online Event Calendar
April 4, 2012
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Executive Vice President and CEO
American Society of Landscape Architects
American Society of Landscape Architects
Annual 2011: A Report to Our Members
As we dive into what promises to be another very busy year for ASLA, I wanted to take a moment to review our accomplishments in 2011. Despite a very challenging economy that has affected us all, ASLA members and their Society made real progress in raising awareness of the profession and ensuring that the profession’s voice was heard.
On August 17, 1,000 volunteers hit the streets, the parks, and the sidewalks in their communities to share examples of landscape architecture projects and to explain the benefits your work brings to people’s lives. More than 250 events, half of which involved direct, one-on-one discussions, happened almost simultaneously. Collectively, these events generated more than 80 news stories in all media, reaching an estimated 15 million people.
So who says one person can’t make a difference? There are less than 30,000 people employed in the landscape architecture field in a nation of more than 312 million. Yet we were heard, big time. And we’ve only just begun.
Working hand-in-hand with our chapters and their dedicated public-awareness volunteers, we will continue that engagement with activities at the grassroots level supported by resources created by the national office. And this April chapters across the nation will once again celebrate National Landscape Architecture Month, introducing the profession to the public through a series of standalone events while also coordinating a common public outreach on April 26, Frederick Law Olmsted’s birthday.
On the PR and communications side, much of our energy—and creativity—continues to be focused on web communications, because of the ability of the web to reach the largest audience. In 2011, the site attracted 644,000 unique visitors and more than 5 million pageviews, continuing healthy year-to-year growth.
To complement the public awareness materials, we have developed special areas on the site to serve as resources for policy makers, educators, students, and members of the other design and construction industries.
As part of the 08.17.11 events, we launched www.asla.org/design, a basic introduction to the profession as a destination for the curious public. So far, it has received more than 55,000 pageviews.
Designing Our Future: Sustainable Landscapes features 30 case studies and eight animations that detail sustainable landscape design. These resources have attracted more than 370,000 pageviews thus far, and the animations have been viewed an additional 85,000 times.
To establish landscape architects in the forefront of discussions of key issues affecting the profession, we have developed detailed resource centers around topics such as transportation, green infrastructure, and livable communities, as well as corresponding resources for residential projects.
And we continue to leverage The Dirt blog to keep our voice in the mix. The blog is widely read and syndicated, consistently ranks among the top 10 on environmental subjects, and has received some 1.3 million pageviews since relaunch in 2009
These outreach efforts provide a solid foundation to support our equally significant progress on the advocacy front, in spite of the challenging political environment in Washington.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is in the midst of a critical national rulemaking on stormwater. The process started with an EPA-commissioned National Research Council study on the effectiveness of the Agency’s current stormwater program. NRC’s conclusion: Big pipes and grey infrastructure are not going to solve the problem, but green infrastructure and low-impact development can.
To support its rulemaking, EPA asked ASLA to help document the use and effectiveness of green infrastructure approaches. We turned to you, and set an ambitious goal of 300 projects. You responded with 479 case studies, covering 43 states, D.C, and Canada. We provided all that data to EPA, and those case studies are now catalogued and available on the ASLA website. These projects are a compelling demonstration of the value of green infrastructure—and the critical role of landscape architects.
Another priority focus this year has been transportation. With the surface transportation bill coming up for renewal, we are advocating for inclusion of a federal Complete Streets policy in the legislation, along with supporting essential existing programs that support transportation alternatives, enhance community livability, and provide jobs for landscape architects.
Many of these programs came under a barrage of attacks in 2011, especially the transportation enhancements program. An example: On October 17, ASLA’s government affairs staff learned of a serious threat: Senator John McCain was preparing to offer an amendment to a fiscal year 2012 spending bill to gut the transportation enhancements program.
Since McCain did not include bicycle and trail projects on his hit list, many of our usual coalition partners opted not to challenge the proposal. So ASLA took the lead. We prepared a letter in opposition, got 12 other organizations to sign on, and put the letter into the hands of each senator’s chief of staff, legislative director, and transportation legislative assistant. And we sent out a red alert to all of you through our Advocacy Network. You responded. We had the best performance from the Advocacy Network to date, with 655 activists sending 1,338 messages to their senators over the two days preceding the vote.
It worked. The roll-call vote on October 19 was 59 to 39 to table the amendment, essentially killing it.
Your grassroots-level advocacy, combined with our D.C.-based outreach efforts, not only reversed the threat, but also raised ASLA’s profile on Capitol Hill. ASLA was cited by the influential Democratic Policy Committee as an opponent of the amendment, and multiple senate staffers cited ASLA’s opposition and outreach as a major contributing factor to votes against the amendment.
Threats are continuing, and vigilance and quick action are still required. I commend you all for your support of ASLA and your direct involvement in issues of importance to the profession and to the country. It would be easy in such very difficult and stubborn financial times to lose faith and withdraw. That’s not our style, and the relative health of ASLA and the profession is testimony to that, as are such success stories as I’ve just shared.
There’s a lot more I could tell you about, like the changes I hope you’ve been noticing in our fantastic Landscape Architecture Magazine, the second-largest Annual Meeting and largest Expo in ASLA history, and the progress of our Sustainable Sites Initiative partnership. I urge you to stay engaged and help us help you, as you all did so effectively in 2011. Thank you all.
Nancy C. Somerville
April 3, 2012
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2012 ASLA/OLCA Golf Tournament
when
Friday, June 1, 2012
where
Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club
12930 Old Pumpkin Ridge Road. North Plains, Oregon 97133
schedule of events
Registration Begins - 12:30 pm
Tee Time (Shotgun Start) -1:30 pm
Dinner & Prizes -7:30 pm
rules and registration
Your registration includes: 18 holes of golf, shared cart rental, a 1-hour custom club fitting & swing evaluation session in Pumpkin Ridge Learning Center, dinner & prizes.
Register Today!
Event Flyer PDF
March 30, 2012
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MARCH 2012
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04.20 | ASLA Oregon North Park Block Design Charrette
04.20 | ASLA Oregon Emerging Professionals Social
04.21 | ASLA Oregon Enlightened Landscape[s] Symposium
04.26 | UO A&AA Career Symposium
04.26 | Pine Nursery Design Charrette
04.26 | FLO's Birthday!
06.14 | ASLA Oregon EP 101 Series: Greenroof Tour + Roundtable - PDH Opportunity!
OTHER UPCOMING OPPORTUNITIES
03.31 | Community Horticultural Therapy Program
04.04 | Community Trees Field Class
04.13 | BCSLA Annual Conference
05.02 | Living Future unConference
05.03 | UFIS Soils and Urban Tree Conference
05.17 | Landscape Field Day
06.02 | Portland Memory Garden PDH Seminar
06.03 | Portland Memory Garden Open House
06.07 | Oregon Urban & Community Forestry Conference
08.05 | Transportation Research Board Meeting
ASLA OREGON CHAPTER 2012 SYMPOSIUM
Elevate your understanding of landscape by taking it to a higher level. ASLA Oregon invites you to expand your thinking over two days of inspired guest speakers, discussions and a design charrette. Join us for learning and networking opportunities, as well as the opportunity to earn valuable professional development hours (PDH’s).
download promotional mailer PDF
more information + registration - REGISTER BY 3/30 FOR EARLY BIRD RATES!
2012 sponsorship opportunities
become a 2012 supporting sponsor for just $100!
Your company name will be featured on the event program!
PRESENTING SPONSOR
ASLA Oregon Chapter is pleased to announce our
2012 Enlightened Landscape[s] Symposium Presenting Sponsor:
Buell Recreation, LLC specializes in providing a variety of commercial quality park and playground products to public and private organizations throughout the western United States. We pride ourselves in representing proven manufacturers with the highest standards of integrity, who develop safe, durable and innovative products.
Learn more about Buell Recreation
View 2012 ASLA Oregon Chapter Sponsorship Opportunities
View 2012 ASLA Oregon Chapter Sponsors Page
landbytes
Launched in July of 2011, LANDbytes is ASLA Oregon Chapter's premier e-publication showcasing articles, briefs, reviews, spotlights and more! New this month:
Get Ready! Landscape Architecture Month is Coming!
By Rebecca Wahlstrom
Happy Birthday, FLO!
By Rebecca Wahlstrom
April is Landscape Architecture Month!
NLAM, 04.26, and YOU
Executive Committee Call for Volunteers
Communications Committee Call for Volunteers
Summer Internships
New Landscape Architecture Flyers!
ASLA Notes and Numbers Facts and Figures PDF
KEEPING YOURSELF CURRENT
Please help us keep our mailing list current.
Send updates or corrections of your contact information to info@aslaoregon.org.
Contact Us
Executive Committee and other contact information is available at the Chapter Website.
For mailing and other administrative inquiries about the chapter, contact:
ASLA Oregon Chapter
147 SE 102nd Avenue
Portland, Oregon 97216
phone: 503.227.6156
fax: 503.253.9172
info@aslaoregon.org
Follow Us
Oregon ASLA Facebook Page
Oregon ASLA on Twitter
Oregon ASLA Blog
LANDbytes
Event Calendar
Check out the online Calendar of Events for the most up-to-date listing of opportunities!
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Join Cascadia Green Building Council May 2-4 for Living Future 2012, where the green building movement’s leading thinkers and practitioners come together to share their deep expertise and dearest hopes, to leap ahead as a movement and as a society. Living Future is where cutting edge practice meets inspiration and where visionaries get down to business. This three-day unConference has earned a reputation as the must-attend event for many of the green building movement's most innovative and influential leaders. This years conference will take place in Portland, Oregon and is themed “Women Reshaping the World”. For more information please go to the Living Future 2012 Website.
For questions please contact Beth Flanagan at beth.flanagan@gmail.com
Quick Links:
Living Future Website
Registration
Program and Speakers
Keynote and Reception, Dr. Vandana Shiva
March 29, 2012
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ASLA Oregon LANDbytes MARCH 2012 Feature:
Happy Birthday, FLO!
By Rebecca Wahlstrom
What are you doing on April 26? Join the coast to coast party, celebrating the 190th birthday of Mr. Frederick Law Olmsted with all your fellow ASLA members! April 26 is a day to remember and celebrate the man who first brought to the forefront many of the ideas that we practice today in Landscape Architecture. So gather some friends, blow out some birthday candles for Mr. Olmsted, and make a wish for the continuation of great designs that stand the test of time.
Check out more fun ways to celebrate Landscape Architecture month at www.aslaoregon.org/updates/articles/national-landscape-architecture-month.
Visit ASLA Oregon's NLAM Webpage!
March 29, 2012
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ASLA Oregon LANDbytes MARCH 2012 Feature:
Get Ready! National Landscape Architecture Month is Coming!
By Rebecca Wahlstrom
April has been set aside by the ASLA as a month when activities happen nationwide to celebrate and promote the profession of landscape architecture. The focus of this month’s activities is “Public Health and Active Living 2012”, showing how we are addressing the major problems of obesity and chronic health problems due to lack of exercise by designing healthy community structures. This topic is a great fit for our active state – what a perfect chance to show people how we promote healthy lifestyles. Are there playgrounds or trail systems where you can show people how landscape architecture has been part of its creation? How about plaza’s where farmers markets happen or places where people wait to catch the MAX or bus? Can you get out there and let people know who designed that space? Now is the time to celebrate all you have done and promote the future of landscape architecture.
You might be asking, “what can I do?” Glad you asked! ASLA has put forward a whole webpage of ideas for activities along with detailed instructions and tips (and has a picture of Portland’s Mt. Tabor Middle School rain garden design). The below is just a sampling of what the website provides on the ‘Career Discovery Activities’ page. http://www.aslaoregon.org/updates/articles/national-landscape-architecture-month. Boy Scout troops can learn about plants and earn a badge during your time with them; Connect with middle and high-school students and design a rain garden or reading garden; Are you a native plant expert? Visit your local high school and show them how essential native plants are to our landscape.
One doesn’t need to be hampered by this list – create your own activity that will appeal to you and the audience you wish to reach. Back on 8.17.11, the first roll-out of the Understory, the Bend folks led a design charrette, people in Springfield did a workplace information blast to enlighten their co-workers on what their department had accomplished, and Portland canvassed downtown parks. http://www.aslaoregon.org/blog/2011/9/14/dues-increase-effective-january-2012 What will Oregon do this time to celebrate landscape architecture? I believe our fit and active state is primed and ready to show off all that we have done to promote physical activity and public health to the general public and to the nation. Be creative – have fun – and be sure to let people know about landscape architecture in April!
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Join ASLA Oregon Chapter at an NLAM Design Charrette Event, April 12, 2012, in Bend, Oregon!
Join landscape architects as they lead a People’s Garden Design Charrette at the Bend Pine Nursery in Bend, Oregon. This partnership is a collaborative effort involving community members, the Deschutes National Forest, and Bend Parks and Recreation District.
Contact Robin Gyorgyfalvy for more information!
rgyorgyfalvy@fs.fed.us
541.383.4786
March 17, 2012
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National Landscape Architecture Month 2012 (NLAM) Quick Links:
NLAM HOMEPAGE
NLAM PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGN
NLAM POSTERS FOR DOWNLOAD
CAREER DISCOVERY ACTIVITIES
NLAM 2011 RECAP
FREDERICK LAW OLMSTED & THE CAMPAIGN FOR PUBLIC HEALTH
APRIL 2012 National, State and Local Activities:
04.04.12 COMMUNITY TREES FIELD CLASS
04.20.12 ASLA OREGON NORTH PARK BLOCK DESIGN CHARRETTE
04.20.12 ASLA OREGON EMERGING PROFESSIONALS SOCIAL
04.21.12 ASLA OREGON ENLIGHTENED LANDSCAPE[S] SYMPOSIUM
04.26.12 AND YOU
04.26.12 THE UNDERSTORY
04.26.12 UNIVERSITY OF OREGON A&AA CAREER SYMPOSIUM
Questions? Interested in getting involved with NLAM?
Contact ASLA Oregon Communications Chair Christopher Olin for more information!
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A Whole New National Landscape Architecture Month:
Public Health & Active Living 2012
Now is the time. Childhood obesity surges to epidemic proportions, healthcare costs push even higher and divisive politics provide no solutions. Meanwhile an interdisciplinary profession continues to rise offering solutions to these stark problems:
- Two out of every three American adults twenty years or older are overweight or obese (Flegal, 2010).
- Since 2000, antidepressants have become the most prescribed medication in the United States (Olfson and Marcus, 2009).
- In 2007, 16 percent of the United State’s gross domestic product – $2.3 trillion – was spent on health care (Orszag and Ellis, 2007).
Landscape architects will join across the country during the month of April to educate the public as to how their profession is well poised to address these troubling issues.They’ll hold public events showcasing just what can be done through hands on work with the public, speaking engagements and design charrettes. For an idea, check out this slideshow of 2011’s events.
With the theme of Public Health and Landscape Architecture, National Landscape Architecture Month 2012 welcomes these new and necessary discussions about the profession. Besides all the same great activities from years past, National Landscape Architecture Month joins in the public awareness campaign. On 04.26.12, the profession will publically celebrate Frederick Olmsted's birthday, considered the founder of modern landscape architecture, by once again taking to the streets from coast to coast telling people why landscape architecture matters just as they did on 08.17.11. Since 08.17.11 was just the beginning, expect more this time around. The call to celebrate his birthday could not be more in line with the theme as Frederick Law Olmsted and the Campaign for Public Health points out, Olmsted’s roots in landscape architecture first started with his dedication to public health.
The prevalence of low-density, automobile-dependent communities has resulted in unsustainable lifestyles that increasingly threaten human health and well-being. In addition to inflating housing and transportation costs and increasing carbon emissions, disconnected communities reliant on cars create sedentary lifestyles. The lack of access to environments that encourage daily exercise, provide clean air and water and offer affordable services and nutritious food has meant growing epidemics of depression, obesity, diabetes, asthma, and heart disease.
Working with landscape architects, communities can promote human health and well-being by encouraging the development of environments that offer rich social, economic, and environmental benefits. Healthy, livable communities improve the welfare and well-being of people by expanding the range of affordable transportation, employment, and housing choices through "Live, Work, Play" developments; incorporating physical activity into components of daily life; preserving and enhancing valuable natural resources; providing access to affordable, nutritious, and locally produced foods distributed for less cost; and creating a unique sense of community and place.
Landscape architects help communities maximize opportunities for daily exercise like walking and biking. Landscape architects encourage communities to move towards compact, transit-oriented land-uses by designing Complete Streets and other transportation networks that connect mixed-use developments, neighborhood schools, and a range of affordable housing choices. They assist communities in developing healthy green buildings and open spaces that promote efficient water and energy use and provide substantial amounts of vegetation to clean air and cool temperatures. In doing so, these communities can avoid the expensive health epidemics associated with automobile dependence, sedentary lifestyles, along with the high costs to the environment brought by dysfunctional patterns of living.
PUBLIC HEALTH & COMMUNITY DESIGN
With health epidemics associated with sprawl on the rise, there is growing demand for communities that get people moving and reduce the onslaught of depression, obesity, diabetes, asthma, and heart disease. Communities can also be designed to reduce traffic fatalities and crime rates. When communities take these issues seriously, they become people-friendly places that promote healthy living and feel safe and secure.
A recent study from the Victoria Transport Policy Institute demonstrates that people who "drive less, exercise more, and live longer, are generally healthier than residents of communities without high-quality public transportation." Lansdcape architects design multi-modal sustainable transportation infrastructure such as public transit, which force people to walk and climb stairs, and well-lit, tree-lined streets with sidewalks and bike lanes, which enable safe and convenient physical activity. These systems provide healthy alternatives to automobile transportation. In addition, landscape architects create parks, green streets, and even green roofs, which encourage physical activity by making outdoor spaces more attractive, cooler, with cleaner air.
Communities can also invest in healthy green schools built along new and improved transportation infrastructure and connected to neighborhoods via sidewalks, bike trails, transit service, and roadways that provide safe routes to school. Landscape architects design green school campuses with indoor and outdoor learning environments, which are also available for community activities.
In addition, landscape architects work with communities to create urban agriculture projects that provide access to safe, affordable, and nutritious food that is locally produced and distributed. These initiatives make productive use of vacant lots and derelict spaces, transforming them into safe environments for youth education and community interaction. They can provide resources for green hospitals where studies have shown that organic food gardens help patients recover faster.
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March 14, 2012
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Happy Oregon Arbor Week!
Community Trees Field Class
Join me for a field class on urban forestry to learn about planning, design, & construction strategies critical to increasing long-term tree canopy in urbanized settings. You'll learn about what trees need to survive and thrive and how you can make good decisions about locating new trees and preserving and protecting existing trees. (However, don't ask me to identify or recommend tree species. This isn't my expertise and won't be part of our discussion unless someone with a horticulture background signs up.)
Cost: $10
How: We'll visit trees around Multnomah Village on foot. Wear comfortable shoes and dress for the weather.
When: Wednesday, April 4th
Where: Starting at the Multnomah Center: 7688 SW Capitol Hwy, Portland, OR (If you're driving, there should be parking available on the street or in front, behind or to the south of the Arts Center.)
Registration: http://www.greengirlpdx.com/Events.htm
March 6, 2012
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Event Notice: Portland Mayoral Candidates Forum
March 14, 2012
7:30-9:30pm / Doors Open at 6:30
Aladdin Theater
3017 SE Milwaukie Avenue
Portland, Oregon
Why Should We Care?
The future Mayor of Portland will have help shape the quality of life and the future of our neighborhoods, our largest city, our metropolitan region, and our state. This forum is designed to give us all a “beyond the sound bite” insight into the candidates’ understanding of the issues, their views and their leadership skills – and to hold them accountable for what they tell us.
Moderator: Urban Studies and Planning Professor Sy Adler, PSU
Live Music and Refreshments:
Food and grog available at the theater.
Live music by Don West; piano courtesy of Classic Pianos.
http://www.classicportland.com
Tickets: $5 for PSU students, OAPA and ASLA members at the door (with student ID or member coupons)
$10 at the door or Ticketmaster (no discounts)
Sponsored by:
Oregon APA
ASLA Oregon
Winterbrook Planning
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February 25, 2012
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via Cheri Martin, Executive Director, Clark County Parks Foundation
Upcoming event:
March 16 St. Paddy’s for Parks at Shorty’s Garden and Home on Mill Plain in Vancouver. Enjoy celtic music performed by Beltaine, then groove to the music of Patrick Lamb. There’ll be traditional Irish food prepared by Beaches Restaurant and, of course, plenty of Irish beer! All to benefit the parks, trails, and recreation programs of Clark County.
For more information about St. Paddy’s for Parks and the Parks Foundation, please visit our website: www.parksfoundation.us.
We hope to see you there!
Cheri Martin
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Learn more about the Parks Foundation's Community Grant Award Program
February 25, 2012
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sponsored by Legacy Health and The Northwest Therapeutic Horticulture Networking Group
Integrating Allied Health Professionals in A Community Horticultural Therapy Program
Saturday, March 31, 2012, 9am-5pm
@Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital, Wistar Conference Room
1015 NW 22nd Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97210
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February 11, 2012
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via Brian Wethington, Bureau of Environmental Services, City of Portland
Researchers at Mississippi State University are teaming with professionals at Portland’s BES to look at how Portland’s unique sizing methodologies influence site design and the overall design process. We are asking Architects, Civil Engineers and Landscape Architects in the Greater Portland area, who have utilized Portland’s SWMM in the process of designing and developing projects over the last twelve years, to provide feedback using the survey linked below.
The survey will help us to gain an understanding of how, and if, stormwater policies influence site design and how they could be used to establish similar methods in other communities that are in the process of establishing new, or updated, green infrastructure programs. The results will also be made available to the City of Portland for use in any future revisions of the SWMM to help improve the city’s current sizing methodologies.
The survey should take about 10-15 minutes. The researchers hope to get as much feedback as possible from all design professionals that work with stormwater design in Portland, and they thank you for your time!
TAKE THE SURVEY NOW!
For questions related to the survey you can contact the researchers at:
Cory Gallo
cgallo@lalc.msstate.edu
Brian Wethington
brian.wethington@portlandoregon.gov
503-823-7090
January 26, 2012
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Portland Memory Garden Celebrates a Decade of Achievement
Press Release, February 2012
The Portland Memory Garden in southeast Portland will be celebrating its 10-year anniversary with a two-day event called Founders’ Day.
On Saturday, June 2nd from 8:30am to 5:00 pm, the Friends of the Portland Memory Garden will sponsor a panel-discussion seminar at Good Samaritan Hospital that will include a keynote address by Susan Rodiek.
On Sunday, June 3rd the Friends will host a celebratory open house in the Portland Memory Garden from 12:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m., which will include guided tours, free nature crafts, music, and refreshments. Both events are open to the public, though registration is required for the Saturday Seminar.
The Portland Memory Garden, located off S.E. Powell at 104th Avenue, was designed to meet the special needs of those with memory disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease and to provide respite for their caregivers. The garden was dedicated in May 2002 and is one of eight “memory gardens” in the U.S., and one of only two built on public land. Last year the Portland Memory Garden was chosen as the recipient of the annual Therapeutic Garden Design Awards sponsored by the American Horticultural Therapy Association.
The Friends of the Portland Memory Garden is a non-profit organization formed in 2008 that, along with Portland Parks and Recreation and the help of volunteers, maintains the garden.
The Friends also sponsors regular activities led by registered horticultural therapists and geared to those with memory disorders and their caregivers.
Participants will earn 6 HSW PDH’s if they participate in the entire days events.
For more information or to volunteer contact Brian Bainnson
www.portlandmemorygarden.org
503-256-8955
January 22, 2012
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via The Intertwine Alliance
What: Intertwine Alliance Summit
Where: Portland City Hall (Quarterly Trails Forum in Ptld Bldg), 1221 SW 4th Avenue, Portland, OR 97204
When: February 3rd, 2012, 2pm - 6pm
Please join civic and elected leaders and professionals from across the Portland - Vancouver region for the largest Intertwine Alliance summit yet with afternoon workshops and an after-hours happy hour celebration and networking event:
Afternoon Workshops
2:00 to 4:10 Quarterly Trails and Active Transportation Forum, with a featured presentation by Claire Robinson, Executive Director of Amigos De Los Rios of Los Angeles.
Location: Portland Building Second Floor Auditorium
2:00 to 4:10 Presentation of the nearly-complete Regional Conservation Strategy plus a featured panel discussion with Melinda Pruett-Jones, Executive Director and Laurel Ross, Chair of Chicago Wilderness and John Cronin, Executive Director of Houston Wilderness
Location: Portland City Hall Council Chamber
2:30 to 4:10 The Intertwine Conservation Education Leadership Council meets, plus a featured presentation by Richard Cron, Houston Wilderness.
Location:Pettygrove Room at City Hall
4:20 to 5:30 Intertwine Alliance Summit
Share your success stories. Hear from from conservation leaders from Chicago, Houston, Cleveland, the Bay Area, and Los Angeles. Learn about the region's first Regional Conservation Strategy. Get introduced to The Intertwine Alliance's new website, which integrates parks and trails information from agencies and nonprofits across the region. Hear news and updates from across the region.
Location: Portland City Hall Council Chamber
5:30 Happy Hour and Networking
Network with your peers and meet conservation leaders from across the US.
Location: Portland City Hall Atrium
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January 10, 2012
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Elevate your understanding of landscape by taking it to a higher level. ASLA Oregon invites you to expand your thinking over two days of inspired guest speakers, discussions and a design charrette. Join us for learning and networking opportunities, as well as the opportunity to earn valuable professional development hours (PDH’s).
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2012 sponsorship opportunities
2012 supporting sponsor - only $100!
Your company name will be featured on the event program!
January 10, 2012
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via The Portland Art Museum
Allied Works Architecture: Occupation
Thu, 26 Jan, 2012 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM, Portland Art Museum
Brad Cloepfil
Architect and Founder, Allied Works Architecture
The designer of many notable buildings, Cloepfil, will speak about the firm’s recent work and ideas. Recent projects include the Clyfford Still Museum in Denver, the National Music Centre of Canada in Calgary, and the Vancouver Community Connector in Washington. After the lecture, join Cloepfil for a book signing of Allied Works Architecture Brad Cloepfil: Occupation.
Free for members or with Museum admission.
Tickets are limited and available online or on site.
January 10, 2012
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via Oregon Public Purchasing Association and Columbia Chapter of NIGP
Attached is a detailed flyer for the Reverse Vendor Trade Show to be held March 6, 2012 at the Rose Quarter Memorial Coliseum in Portland, Oregon.
Please note: An earlier flyer had incorrect email for Sherry Taylor. Correct email is sherry.n.taylor@multco.us
The Trade Show will begin at 10:00 a.m.; doors will be open for sponsors at 9:00 a.m. Vendors who choose to be a sponsor of the 7th Annual Reverse Vendor Trade Show will have an additional hour to meet with agency representatives.
We look forward to seeing you at the 2012 Reverse Vendor Trade Show!
Sincerely,
Oregon Public Purchasing Association and Columbia Chapter of NIGP
Contact Sherry Taylor for More Information
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January 10, 2012
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via LAND e-news from ASLA
ASLA has announced the call for presentations for the 2012 Annual Meeting and EXPO, to be held September 28–October 1 in Phoenix at the Phoenix Convention Center. The deadline for education session proposals is January 20, and detailed information is available online.
More than 6,000 attendees are expected, and the meeting will feature a diverse spectrum of industry experts speaking on a wide range of subjects, from sustainable design to active living to best practices and new technologies. More than 130 education sessions and field sessions will be presented during the meeting, providing attendees with the opportunity to earn up to 21 professional development hours under the Landscape Architecture Continuing Education System. Many of the sessions will also qualify for continuing education credit with the Green Building Certification Institute (toward LEED AP credential maintenance), the American Institute of Architects, the American Institute of Certified Planners, and other allied professional organizations and state registration boards.
The 2011 Annual Meeting and EXPO in San Diego featured more than 460 exhibits as well as 135 education sessions for the 5,571 registered attendees—the second-largest attendance in ASLA history. For an overview of the 2011 sessions, see http://www.asla.org/2011meeting/EdOverview.html.
December 20, 2011
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Landscape Architecture Mentor Program
In April 2011, the ASLA Public Practice Advisory Committee posted a note in LAND E-News "Wanted: Examples of Landscape Architecture Mentor Programs." The PPAC goal was to showcase and search for shining examples of Mentor Programs that pair practitioners with students or provide excellent networking opportunities between seasoned and emerging professionals. As a result of the outreach effort, a white paper and matrix are now available with some excellent models for Mentor Programs that involve ASLA chapters, universities, private firms, and local, state, and federal agencies. As a living document, the next action is to include other Mentor Programs that have had great success or are just getting started and are looking for some guidance. Our committee request to each state is to provide us with feedback and let us know how and what your LA Mentor Program is doing. Thank you for adding your successes to this national effort.
Robin Gyorgyfalvy, ASLA, PLA
ASLA Oregon Chapter
Public Practice Advisory Committee Chair, 2011-12
(541) 383-4786
rgyorgyfalvy@fs.fed.us
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December 15, 2011
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Urban Forest Innovative Solutions (UFIS) is pleased to announce the 2012 Soils and Urban Tree Conference, to be hosted at the University of British Columbia (UBC) Faculty of Forestry in Vancouver on May 3rd and 4th, 2012.
Sponsored by Tree Canada, the conference brings together five leading soil experts for two days of lectures and field studies to present the latest concepts relating to ideal soil structure and biology. Attendees will learn how a new breed of arborists are growing healthy trees and preserving mature trees by literally looking at the roots of tree care.
Who should attend?
Arborists
Landscape architects
Urban foresters
Parks and public works personnel
Landscapers
Tree nursery personnel
Anyone interested in improving urban soils and tree health!
To download the complete brochure visit: http://www.ufis.ca/pdf/Soils-and-Urban-Trees-2012.pdf
To register visit: http://www.ufis.ca/soil2012.php
Speakers:
William Bryant Logan is an award-winning natural history writer and environmental columnist. He wrote the Cuttings column for the New York Times and helped launch Garden Design magazine. Bill has been a contributor to numerous magazines. His book on gardening tools won the Best Book of the Year award from the Garden Writers Association of America. In 1992, he founded Urban Arborists to care for trees in New York City. Three years later he published Dirt: The Ecstatic Skin of the Earth.
Paul Stamets has been a dedicated mycologist for over thirty years. Over this time, he has discovered and co-authored four new species of mushrooms and pioneered numerous techniques in the field of edible and medicinal mushroom cultivation. He has been named one of Utne Reader’s “50 Visionairies Who Are Changing the World” for his pioneering research and applied mycology. See Paul’s TED Talk at www.ted.com/speakers/paul_stamets.html
Olaf Ribeiro, B.S. (Agr.), M.S. (Plant Pathology), Ph.D. (Plant Pathology & Genetics). Olaf has over 30 years experience in diagnosing plant health problems in both the U.S and overseas. He has published over 50 scientific papers in refereed international journals as well as many popular articles on plant diseases and tree preservation. He is internationally recognized for saving historic and ancient trees by improving their health.
Peter Wild is the founder and CEO of Arborjet Inc., a manufacturer of tree injection systems and medicaments. Wild is also the president and owner of Boston Tree Preservation, an organic-based, proactive tree-care business founded in 1977. He was one of the first people to develop and use vermicomposting for fertilization and disease and insect pest management.
James Urban, FASLA, specializes in the design of tree plantings and soils in urban spaces. He has written and lectured extensively on the subject of urban tree planting and has been responsible for the introduction of numerous innovations, including many leading-edge standards relating to urban tree plantings across North America. His 2008 book Up By Roots: Healthy Trees and Soils in the Built Environment, has become one of the principal tree and soil references, and won the ASLA Honor Award in 2009.
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December 15, 2011
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Dear Advocates,
On November 19, President Barack Obama signed into law H.R. 674, legislation to repeal the law that requires a three percent withholding on all payments from federal, state and local government. With the repeal of this law, small businesses, including landscape architecture firms, will not be forced to forfeit three percent of all payments received from federal, state, and local governments for services rendered under government contracts.
The three percent withholding requirement was originally passed in section 511 of the “Tax Increase Prevention and Reconciliation Act of 2005” (P.L. 109-222), which would have required federal, state, and local governments with more than $100 million in annual expenditures to withhold three percent of their payments for goods and services. As a result of the law, businesses and government entities could have been burdened with restructuring computer systems and training and hiring new accountants and office managers to assist in complying with the new accounting procedures. Moreover, many small businesses, including landscape architecture firms, would have been disadvantaged because the up-front tax withholding would severely restrict cash flow and could disrupt their ability to provide goods and services.
As a member of the Government Withholding Relief Coalition, ASLA has been working diligently to repeal this law that would have been onerous for many landscape architecture firms. Also, thanks to the advocacy efforts of ASLA members and other allied organizations who contacted their legislators, Congress overwhelming supported the legislation to repeal this law, moved it through the legislative process, and onto President Obama for his signature.
Thank you for your continued advocacy efforts.
Roxanne Blackwell
Federal Government Affairs Manager
The American Society of Landscape Architects
