As a boy growing up in Coeur d’Alene, Jon Mueller remembers walking to school under a canopy of grand, old street trees. Many of them are gone today, but Mueller has spent 30 years creating new landscapes with trees, boulders, paths, sloped grades and native plants enjoyed by people across the Inland Northwest. The landscape architect has left his mark on scores of schools, parks and other projects in Coeur d’Alene, Spokane and neighboring communities. One of Mueller’s signature projects is the Centennial Trail in Kootenai County. “Thirty years ago that was the introduction to multi-modal transportation,” said Mueller, 61, with Landmark Landscape Architects, a division of Architects West Inc. in Coeur d’Alene. “At the time it was very controversial and people didn’t understand it or embrace the concept of connectivity. We barely had a functional road system around here,” he said/Scott Maben, SR. More here.