ASLA UTAH DECEMBER 2022 NEWSLETTER

UPCOMING EVENTS

**ASLA Utah Winter Social & Sponsor Thank You Dinner Tuesday, January 24th, 6:30pm-9:00pm** ASLA UT Offices 280 S 400 W Suite 150 **RSVP HERE**

**SAVE THE DATE: ASLA UT Annual Conference May 18 - 19th, South Salt Lake City. More details coming soon!**

**UNLA GREEN CONFERENCE & EXPO. January 23-25, Mountain America Expo Center** **REGISTER HERE**
**Women in the Green Industry Luncheon Tuesday, January 24th, 12:00 - 1:00pm** Room 400, Mountain America Expo Center **REGISTER HERE**

Leadership Express

Jake Powell, ASLA Utah President

On behalf of the entire UT ASLA Executive Committee, I want to wish you Happy Holidays! I find the moment between the Christmas and the New Year’s holiday a special time to reflect on the previous year and look forward to the year to come as an individual as well as professionally.

Looking Back: 2022 was an exciting year for the Utah Chapter of the ASLA. I feel like this year we finally shook off the fog of COVID and life began to feel a bit more like it was pre-COVID. As an organization, ASLA was finally able to confidently plan and host the in-person events that knit us together as one large family of professionals. As convenient as it may be to tune into an event via zoom, nothing beats seeing each other in person and enjoying each other’s undivided attention.

I really enjoyed seeing all of you at the various events held during 2022. This year we hosted multiple networking events, a robust lunch and learn series where some of our wonderful vendor’s provided educational opportunities, service projects, one of the most informative annual conferences I have ever been to, and an amazing awards dinner. This year was also a busy one for all the people working behind the scenes to make these kinds of events happen. I hope you will take a minute to thank the people who give of their personal time to invest in the Utah ASLA, and by association, they invest in you.

Looking Forward: I believe 2023 is going to build on the momentum gained in 2022. We are planning several exciting events and focusing this spring on updating the organization’s strategic plan. This document sets the vision and associated goals and benchmarks for our organization and ultimately outlines how the Utah ASLA serves you and the profession of landscape architecture in Utah. Please keep an eye out for opportunities to share your thoughts on our proposed direction. We invite you to let us know what you see as important, and how our proposed short term, and long-term goals might affect you, your company, and our collective work here in Utah.

New Year’s is customarily a time of reflection and a moment for change. One of my resolutions this year is to reach out to see how ASLA can better serve you, and conversely how you can serve your local chapter of ASLA. I want to know who is missing from the UT ASLA family and invite those who we may not have seen for a while to more fully participate, and access the benefits of being a member of the UT ASLA. I hope you will share your thoughts with me so we can continue to improve how ASLA supports and builds the profession here in Utah. 2023 is looking bright, let’s make it so through our efforts this year!

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KUDOS TO ASLA UTAH SPONSORS

Jennifer Sonntag, Executive Director ASLA UT Chapter

Just like cookies and milk - ASLA Utah and its Sponsors and Partners are “better together”. I joined ASLA Utah as the Executive Director in 2018 and much has changed since then in our world and in our
Chapter but the one thing that has been a constant is the incredible support of our Sponsors and Partners.

As a non-profit organization, the Utah Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects relies on the support received from our Sponsors. The partnerships made through sponsorships allows us to provide continuing education, social events, and on going support to our members; as well as, advocate for the landscape architecture profession.

We want to thank the Sponsors and Partners for sticking with ASLA Utah through the good times and bad. Your contributions are truly appreciated as we continue building a win/win partnership with you in 2023!

Special Thanks to ASLA Utah 2022 Sponsors & Corporate Partners for their Support!

Click here to become a 2023 ASLA Utah Sponsor!

Platinum Sponsors
BioGrass | Rain Bird | Victor Stanley

ASLA UTAH DECEMBER NEWSLETTER