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A Landscape Architect Visits Our National Parks
November 14th, 2017
This Fall, I had the good fortune to experience first-hand three iconic California national parks over a two-week period. Under the pretext of being required to attend the ASLA annual meeting as our chapters trustee, I somehow “sold” the trip to my family and staff. -
Navigating Municipal Land Use Approvals Pt. 1: Planning and Zoning
October 24th, 2017
An important part of site designing is sheperding the project through the municipal land use process. Although this process can oftentimes be confusing, frustrating, and costly, it is an essential milestone that must be completed before a building project can move forward. I like to think that upon completion, we “secure the landscape” and pave the way for the architect and building engineers to do their work. -
Four Ways to Successfully Manage Yourself & Others
September 5th, 2017
The Hartford Business Journals "90 ideas in 90 minutes" was one of the best networking events that I have been to all year. As the name implies, HBJ structured the event so that 10 community leaders presented nine ideas with a time limit of 5 minutes apiece. My favorite takeaways were as follows:Posted in: All, Profession -
Hartford Can Do Hip, It's Been There Before
August 15th, 2017
Aetna is leaving Hartford. With those four words, everything changes.The new workforce is looking for urban parks, shared streets, bicycle facilities and public plazas. The millennials have spoken and they could care less about a speedy trip up the corporate ladder. They care about lifestyle and quality of life now. Other cities get this.
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Save the Suffocating Trees!
July 26th, 2017
We've all heard “practice makes perfect” so many times as a child, however practice alone does not always guarantee you are learning or doing a skill properly. This is so true as every spring, I have the pleasure of witnessing what we call in our industry as “volcano mulching” – the incorrect landscape technique of applying mulch around trees. -
Planning - A Landscape Architect's View
April 19th, 2017
The worlds of planners and landscape architects are forever intertwined, and both professions are the better for it. Today we tend to think of them as two distinct professions, but that was not always the case. -
Ode to Winter
March 30th, 2017
Every year, around this time, I actually get a little nostalgic for winter. I lament not skiing enough, not taking more snowshoe hikes, and not wasting enough time sitting by a fire. Posted in: All, Landscape Architecture
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