Heading Through the Rapids
ASLA Licensure Summit Slated for June 22-24

Mark your calendars: The sixth annual ASLA Licensure Summit has been scheduled for June 22–24 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The weekend begins with a welcome reception on Friday evening. The meeting formally begins on Saturday morning and concludes at noon on Sunday. The ASLA Licensure Committee and staff are working with sister organizations CLARB and CELA in developing a productive agenda that will meet the needs of each one of our chapters.

The focus of the Licensure Summit is advocacy, and sessions are expected to support landscape architects who are protecting, updating, upgrading, or establishing licensure across the United States. This will provide value even to states that have had a practice act for decades.

Each state is invited to select one representative for the conference. Chapters that encompass more than one state can select one representative from each state, while chapters that share a state must combine for one delegate. ASLA will pay the travel expense (airfare and two nights in the host hotel) for each of the 50 delegates. Chapters are invited to apply for an additional representative, but ASLA must approve the addition and the cost will be borne by the chapter. If you’d like more information, contact ASLA Government Affairs Director Julia Lent.

Grand Rapids promises to be a beautiful venue for the summit. The conference will be held at the Grand Plaza Hotel located right on the banks of the Grand River in the heart of the downtown business and museum district. Michigan Trustee Pamela Blough, ASLA, gives us a preview: