Chapter News

The LAIGW luncheon presentation on March 24 featured Lisa Govoni from Montgomery County Planning and Matt Ladd from Arlington County Planning.  The topic of the presentation was Missing Middle Housing.  The Arlington County Board recently adopted zoning changes to allow additional types of housing to be built

LAIGW members heard an informative presentation at our February meeting from Rich Harrington from the DC Mayor’s office.  The presentation focused on the District’s work related to the Build Back Better initiative.  Decision making about the targets for expenditures is complicated and it was interesting to get

January Meeting Recap On January 27th, LAIGW members were treated to a fascinating presentation on a new development taking place in Henrico County, VA, outside Richmond.  Michael Hallmark from Future Cities presented details about  the  proposed development of GreenCity, a 200-acre planned eco-district in the greater Richmond area for up

  December 16, 2022 To view the powerpoint from this meeting, click this link:LAI_Leinberger_DC as Model The members in attendance at the meeting were presented with thoughtful information on city development, walkability and neighborhood character.  Chris Leinberger discussed development in Washington, DC as a model aspired to

At the November LAIGW meeting,  LAIGW had its largest attendance since the start of the pandemic.  Attendees heard an excellent presentation on the timely topic of converting office space to residential use.   David Haresign FAIA, partner at Bonstra | Haresign ARCHITECTS discussed the potential for such conversions,

At the September luncheon meeting, Steve Segerlin from WMATA made a presentation on WMATA’s 10 Year Strategic Joint Development Plan.  In addition, the Plan won a chapter award.  For those who have not had an opportunity to review  the plan, the powerpoint presentation from the September meeting

Over 60 members and guests attended the 2022 LAIGW Investiture of New Members and Awards Ceremony at the Cosmos Club on October 24.  Kudos to Jody Kline, Chapter President and Patty Nicoson, Awards Chair for making this event happen. In attendance as special guests were Gary Leach,

Eight members and guests from Washington, DC traveled to the LEW in Los Angeles from October 12-15.  Our Chapter was recognized with several awards including International Member of the Year (Elizabeth Davison); 2020 Outstanding Educator of the Year (Chris Leinberger); Outstanding Educator of the Year (2022) and

LAIGW welcomes new members for 2022 and announces award winners. New Members (as of 9/29) Casey Anderson, Planner, Chair, Montgomery County Planning Board Leslie Braunstein, Business Communications Expert, LHB Communications, Inc. Torrey Carter-Conneen,  CEO, American Society of Landscape Architects Anita Cozart, Planner, Interim Director, DC Office of

New Member Nominations are due on September 16.  Read the details about nominations here. To nominate a professional for membership, please use the form found at this link:   http://laigw.org/new-member-nominations/ About LAI Membership The chapter membership is composed of 145 active professionals in a wide variety of fields