Results of BSLA Officer Elections

Congratulations to the 2010-2011 newly elected and re-elected officers of the Boston Chapter of ASLA.

President-Elect: Kathleen Ogden

Secretary: Holly Ben-Joseph

Treasurer: Kevin Horgan

Trustee: Tom Doolittle

LARE MATERIALS SWAP SCHEDULED

The BSLA Emerging Professionals Committee is hosting a LARE materials swap on Wednesday, September 1, at 6PM. This is an opportunity to get together with other professionals who are preparing to take the LARE exam, and share study materials*, advice, etc.

For those of you who are just getting started, speakers will be on hand to share their experiences and study techniques, and be available for questions.

This will be a great opportunity for anyone looking to increase their collection of study materials or meet people who may be interested in forming study groups. We encourage anyone preparing to take the LARE exam to participate in this event.

*A limited number of BSLA LARE Section F Study Guides will be available for purchase or to order at the session. If you would like to order a copy ahead of time please contact Lindsey Miller. Copies are free for ASLA members and $45 for non-members.


When: Wednesday, September 1 at 6PM. 
Where:  Pressley Associates, 1035 Cambridge Street, Cambridge MA.

Refreshments provided

ASLA also is offering additional resources for other sections. See the ASLA website for details.

ANNUAL OPEN HOUSE

Save the date - Thursday, October 28

Host Firm

Copley Wolff Design Group

Sponsor

OmniLite

Welcome to BSLA!
New, Returning, and Transferring Members

Michelle P. de Tarnowsky, Brown Sardina, Boston, MA

Matthew Griffing, Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site, Brookline, MA

Julia Halevy, Boston Architectural College, Boston, MA

Laurie Klenkel, Brattleboro, VT

Kerry Lewis, Kerry Lewis Landscape Architects, Newton, MA

Lindsay Reul, Cambridge, MA

CULTURAL LANDSCAPE CONFERENCE - WALTHAM

The Cultural Landscape Foundation’s upcoming conference in Boston.  The conference, called Shaking Their Yankee Foundations: Evolving Modernist Ambitions, will take place at the Lyman Estate in Waltham on Friday, October 8. Complete information is available on their website.

ALSO ON THE CALENDAR

The Trustees of Reservations have announced a fall lecture series highlighting 100 Years at the Crane Estate. For detail on the lectures and more information, see the BSLA Calendar page.

26TH Annual BUILD BOSTON
November 17-19, 2010
Seaport World Trade Center, Boston

Join fellow BSLA members at this year’s Build Boston conference and tradeshow.

Industry leaders from around the world team up with the Northeast’s best to share expertise in more than 150 workshops, full-day symposia and architectural tours at Build Boston.

The professional-development program focuses on current and pressing issues for the design and construction industry, including post-LEED energy solutions, codes, BIM/IPD, historic preservation, building science, landscape and urban design, and more.

Build Boston also features the largest design and construction industry exhibit hall in the Northeast. Visit more than 250 booths to see the nation’s leading suppliers of building technologies, materials and services.

The BSLA is sponsoring three workshops including A57, Complete Streets, on Wednesday, November 17; B04, New trends and building techniques for corporate and private roof decks, and B53, Green street retrofits for stormwater management, on Thursday, November 18. For details and to register for these workshops and the dozens of others of interest to BSLA members, go to www.BuildBoston.com. 

Registration is easy!
Admission to the exhibit hall is free and workshop discounts are available when you register by October 29 using promo code BSLA.  Professionals, who register for any Build Boston package, workshop or event, automatically receive free admission to the exhibit hall.

For more information and to register, visit www.BuildBoston.com.

ASLA Annual Meeting

Taking place this year in Washington DC - hundreds of workshops, dozens of tours -

you go, you learn!

www.asla.org/2010meeting/

Thank You to Our EBulletin Sponsor

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• David Bartsch Landscape Architecture, LLC
• Copley Wolff Design Group, Inc.
• Keith LeBlanc Landscape Architecture, Inc.
• Reed | Hilderbrand
• Shadley Associates, P.C.
• Stantec Planning and Landscape Architecture, P.C.
• Warner Larson Inc.
• Weston & Sampson
• ZEN Associates, Inc.