Landscape Architects Offering Help For Community Project

Thu., Oct. 7, 1999

By Mike Prager mikeprager15@gmail.com (509) 459-5454

Spokane’s landscape architects want to give something back to the community, so they are donating professional services to help design a community-oriented project.

Their unique community service effort involves finding a worthwhile group that could benefit from the help of landscape architects.

Frank Ide, a leader in the Greater Spokane Area Landscape Architects, said proposals are being sought through Oct. 22.

The landscape architects are open to proposals from neighborhood groups, nonprofit organizations, tribal groups and public agencies.

The donation from the landscape architects could help a group or agency qualify for grant funding, he said.

“We would like to let people know this service is being offered,” Ide said.

Earlier this year, the local landscape architects joined forces with residents at Liberty Lake and the National Park Service to help design a trail and path system for that growing residential area.

The local landscape architects hope to get involved in a different project each year.

“It gives something back to the community,” said Ide, who serves on the board of the Washington Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects.

In return for their donation of services, the landscape architects also hope to raise public awareness of their profession.

Landscape architecture has been recognized as a distinct discipline for more than a century; the professional organization was first established in 1899.

Landscape architecture not only involves designing specific projects, but also includes the larger landscapes of neighborhoods, cities and regions.

The profession seeks to create aesthetic and practical relationships with the land and it taps into several other disciplines to do so, including civil engineering, architecture and urban planning.

Groups or agencies wishing to apply for the local project should contact Ide at his office at 324-8328. A packet of information explaining the selection process and the program are available from Ide, whose office is located at 106 W. Mission.

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