ASLA UTAH MARCH 2021 NEWSLETTER
ASLA UTAH MARCH 2021 NEWSLETTER
UPCOMING EVENTS
Annual Conference - “Opportunity” Conference: Thursday & Friday, May 20-21 Vendor Expo: Monday-Thursday, May 17-20
REGISTER HERE
AIA Utah Celebrates 100 Years! Happy Birthday AIA! Thank you to AIA for all they do to partner with and support ASLA Utah!
Ameristar - Understanding Modern Ornamental Fence Products and Applications Accredited presentation – 1hr (CEU) Tues. April 27th, 12:00pm Register Here. Weds, April 28, 12:00pm Register Here.
Earth Day Network (EDN)Great Global Cleanup ASLA Utah partnering with Tracy Aviary Saturday, April 17th, 9:00am to 1:00pm 1125 W 3300 S, South Salt Lake RSVP by Friday April 9th: Adam Castor, adam@langvardtdesigngroup.com
LARE PREP - Zoom Study Group Every Tuesday & Thursday @6:00pm Info & link Contact: cblakley@loci-slc.com or edaybell@dentonhouse.com
LAEP 2021 SPEAKER SERIES C.L. Bohannon, PhD, ASLA, Virginia Tech. Notes on Community Engagement, Leadership, and Social Change Friday, April 2nd, 3:30pm Zoom Link: Click Here
LAEP 2021 SPEAKER SERIES Bill Johnson, FASLA | JJR + PWP Friday, April 16th, 3:30pm Zoom Link: Click Here
Leadership Express
Seth Bockholt, Chapter President
-Seth Bockholt, PLA ASLA
Advocacy Update
Ali Lewis, VP of Advocacy
The Alliance for Responsible Professional Licensing's (ARPL) state partner webinar is now available on-demand (ppt slides).
The webinar explored ARPL's new report, Valuing Professional Licensing in the U.S., developed in partnership with Oxford Economics. The briefing covered the current policy environment and why ARPL commissioned the report; the research methodology, key findings, and conclusions; and the messaging points, digital assets and other available communications resources available to help state chapters leverage the report.
World Landscape Architecture Month (WLAM)
Adam Castor, President Elect
It is hard to believe that it is almost April 2021, after more than twelve of long months of scrambling to work from home, home confinement, virtual meetings and conferences of all kinds, no in-person chapter activities, and no live music. To state the obvious, it has been a long year; full of adjustments to our personal and professional lives, and hopefully everyone is ready to get out and safely see some familiar faces. April in Utah inevitably brings the first signs of spring, rain and often times snow, the start of baseball season, and a celebration of World Landscape Architecture Month (WLAM) at the national and state chapter levels of ASLA.
Cleanup along the Jordan River:
Earth Day Network (EDN) Great Global Cleanup ASLA Utah partnering with Tracy Aviary Saturday, April 17th, 9:00am to 1:00pm 1125 W 3300 S, South Salt Lake. RSVP by Friday April 9th: Adam Castor, adam@langvardtdesigngroup.com
Great Global Cleanup along the Jordan River : This year on Saturday April 17th, 9:00am to 1:00pm, ASLA is partnering with the Earth Day Network (EDN) for their Great Global Cleanup initiative and has reached out to all of the state chapters to gauge interest in participating in a local, socially-distant clean up effort. The ASLA Utah chapter has decided to participate in this event and will be coordinating with the Tracy Aviary Education Center along the Jordan River for our chapter’s clean up effort. Bring some gloves, and perhaps some waders just in case, and join us on Saturday, April 17th for this opportunity to get out of the house, safely socialize with other members, and do some clean up work along the river. Stay tuned for additional information and details as we get closer to the event. Lunch and trash bags will be provided.
RSVP to Adam Castor, adam@langvardtdesigngroup.com, by Friday April 9th
ASLA Utah Instagram Takeover
"Growing Together" SATURDAY - APRIL 17th
ASLA Instagram Takeover - "Growing Together": In addition to this year’s clean up event, the ASLA Utah chapter is participating with ASLA in a month-long Instagram Takeover with each chapter getting one day to showcase the important work they are doing within their communities. This year the theme is "Growing Together", which perfectly emphasizes the attitude we all share as we strive to navigate our post-COVID world. The Utah ASLA chapter has fully embraced this year's theme and on April 13th we will showcase the great ways that our profession has helped all of us "Grow Together". We are lucky enough to be a part of a community that strives to make a difference and has many ways to do so. "Growing Together" can be taken literally through the evolution and growth of the beautiful landscape, coming closer together after a year of distancing, or our personal growth through the importance of dedicating our time and expertise to the betterment of our neighborhoods. So, on April 13th check Instagram for all the amazing work that is going on in our community each and every day.
If you know of, or are working on, any projects that fit this year’s theme and are willing to share, please reach out to Aaron Johnson, VP of Visibility and Affairs at a2ron1991@gmail.com.
Membership Recognition Sub-Committee - 2021 Prairie Gateway Chapter Awards
Tyler Smithson, Awards Committee Chair
The ASLA UT Membership Recognition Sub-Committee has been busy over the past month judging the Prai-
rie Gateway (PG) Chapter awards submittals. In all, 21 entries from firms in Missouri and Kansas were judged based on the project’s design quality, functionalism, re- lationship to context, environmental responsibility, and relevance to the profession/public/environment.
The ASLA UT jurors that volunteered deserve a round of applause and a special thanks. The jurors included:
Jake Powell, Craig Houston, Ladd Schiess, Nancy Monteith, and Thomas Eddington. ASLA Utah is grateful for its membership involvement and willing- ness to volunteer to advance the profession.
The award categories for PG Chapter include Analysis and Planning, Design (built), and Design (unbuilt) for both Students and Professionals. Overall, the sub- mittals were outstanding and represented outstand- ing accomplishment in the profession of landscape architecture.
Please view slideshow of a few project highlights that showed great efforts to raise the standards of the profession and demonstrated superior skill in the practice or study of landscape architecture.
Special Thanks to ASLA Utah 2021 Sponsors & Corporate Partners
Platinum Sponsors
BioGrass | Rain Bird | Victor Stanley
Gold Sponsors
Belgard | Live Earth Products
Silver Sponsors Ameristar | Anova | Chanshare Farms
Hunter/FX Luminaire | Landscape Forms | LuckyDog Recreation | Utelite
Bronze Sponsors
AMIAD | CES&R | Forms + Surfaces | GPH Irrigation | Garrett & Company Graber/MADRAX Manufacturing | Hess Pumice | IRONSMITH | Miller Companies | Musco Netafim | Omega II Fence System | PlaySpace Designs | Sonntag Recreation | Stonecover | TORO Vortex Aquatic Structures Intl.
Corporate Partners
Bowen Collins & Assoc. | Inman Interwest | Maglin