ASLA UTAH MARCH 2020 NEWSLETTER

UPCOMING EVENTS

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NEW DATE: ASLA Utah Conference on Landscape Architecture, Friday, 11th of September Gateway Mall, SLC
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Leadership Express

Lauren Smith, Chapter President

Dear ASLA Utah Members,

With current events surrounding COVID-19, we find ourselves in uncertain and unprecedented times. We are facing challenges we couldn't have expected. In order to abide by the government and CDC guidelines, ASLA Utah will be postponing all in-person events until further notice. In the case we will still be social distancing in May, we have decided to postpone our Utah Annual Conference until the 11th of September. We feel strongly about doing out part in the health and safety of our members, sponsors, and community. We, and ASLA National, are working on getting more on-line resources available for you. For now, check here for resources available at the national level.

We are lucky to live in a world where most of us are connected via technology. We are able to work remotely, keep in touch with friends and family from a distance and continue life, even though altered from our normal. Like many of you, I have found myself in a new, makeshift office space located in my home. As well as two new coworkers: my fiancé and Joey, my dog. I am adapting, as I'm sure many of you are; especially those who are also adjusting to their second job of being a home school teacher.

As Wendy Miller, ASLA President, wrote in her email to us last week, Landscape Architects are optimists. We have the ability to envision the future, where our outdoor spaces are crowded and alive again. Our work will be there when life returns to normal and this crisis ends. Hopefully this will just be a short blip in our history. I'd like to remind everyone to try and take advantage of the approaching spring weather, sit outside, spot the tulips sprouting up, get some Vitamin D. I think we all could use it at the moment.

ASLA Utah will be here, from a distance, while we work through this crisis, and we will be here to celebrate once we can be together again. In the meantime, please reach out if we can be of assistance and/or you have any ideas on how to collaborate together during this time.

Best,
Lauren K. Smith, PLA, ASLA

Advocacy Update

Ali Lewis, Vice President Advocacy

Great American Outdoors Act.

Last week the Senate introduced the Great American Outdoors Act which would fully and permanently fund the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) and would provide much-needed funding for the National Park Service and other public lands agencies to tackle their deferred maintenance backlogs. Please join ASLA National in supporting this bill by signing onto this letter.

You can sign up and read more here.

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WEBINARS — Free to all ASLA Members

Rebroadcast: The Economics of Parks: Creating and Sustaining Successful Public Realm - 1.0 PDH (LA CES/HSW). Wednesday, April 1, 2020. 12:00–1:00 pm MST
Join us on April 1 to learn why the economics of parks is ever more important—educating clients on the costs of creating public realm; developing funding strategies to build; balancing revenue generation with creating respite; planning for governance, operations, and maintenance to preserve investments for future generations; and valuing design.

Rebroadcast: Breaking Free from Tropical Hardwoods: New Alternatives for Sustainability - 1.5 PDH (LA CES/HSW). Wednesday, April 15, 2020, 12:00–1:00 pm MST Join us on April 15 as we discuss how the dependency on tropical hardwoods is unsustainable given current rates of use, ecosystem degradation, and slow renewal rates. Fortunately, there are new alternatives that are durable, beautiful, and renewable. In this rebroadcast, you will learn how to use and work with thermally modified, acetylated, and polymerized woods, fused bamboo lumber, and black locust.

Rebroadcast: Drawing Matters: Exploring the Value of Drawing in Landscape Architecture - 1.5 PDH (LA CES/non-HSW). Wednesday, April 29, 2020, 12:00–1:00 pm MST Join us on April 29 as we discuss why drawing still matters. Rather than the familiar debate over digital versus hand graphics, this session explores the value of drawing as a process connected to seeing, thinking, and engaging throughout design.

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