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Historic Restoration Experience

Resume: Walt Rogers, ASLA, RLA - Project Principal

Education

bulletMBA, Master of Business Administration, University of Phoenix, 1991
bullet MLA, Master of Landscape Architecture with Honors, emphasis on Regional Planning, University of Massachusetts, 1970
bullet BS, Landscape Architecture with Honors, University of Massachusetts, 1968

Registration

bullet Arizona Registered Landscape Architect No. 11462

Civic Activity

bullet American Society of Landscape Architects
bullet Member, City of Tucson Storm Water Advisory Committee (1985 to 1986)
bullet Member and Vice Chairman, Pima County Design Review Committee (1985 to 1988)
bullet Member and Chairman, Pima County Technical Review Committee (1993 to 1998)
bullet Member UNE Committee Region 5, Council of Landscape Architectural Registration Boards (1984 to 1990)

Professional Experience

bullet May, 1979 to Present: The Acacia Group, Inc., Principal and President (Formerly: Rogers, Gladwin & Harmony, Inc.)
bullet October, 1976 to June, 1982: University of Arizona College of Agriculture, School of Renewable Natural Resources, Landscape Architecture Program, Assistant Professor and Adjunct Professor
bullet May, 1973 to October, 1976: Girl Scouts of the USA, National Headquarters (New York, NY), Council Property Development, Director
bullet January, 1971 to May, 1973: State University of New York (SUNY) at Syracuse, New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Department of Landscape Architecture, Assistant Professor
bullet July, 1970 to July, 1971: Visiting Lecturer, Gloucestershire College of Art and Design, Cheltenham, England

Relevant Project Experience

bulletResearch on the historical introduction of plant materials in the Southwest including the following published articles and professional reports:
- Introduction of Ornamental Plants in the Early History of Southern Arizona: A Guide for Historic Preservation, ADOBE TODAY
- Looking Backward to Cope with Water Shortages: A History of Native Plants in Southern Arizona,
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE
- El Encanto Estates: Significance of the District's Landscape Architecture, for nomination to the National Register of Historic Districts
- Shaping the Vernacular Landscape of the Northern Sonoran Desert, CELA FORUM

bulletArizona Main Street Program. Member of a consultant team specializing in urban design, landscape architecture, architecture, historic preservation, community development and marketing. Program exists to provide design and management expertise to small towns and communities throughout Arizona. Walt was selected twice to serve as a Main Street Consultant, 1996-98 and 2000-02. Florence, Casa Grande and Cottonwood, Arizona.
bulletOld Las Vegas Mormon Fort State Historic Park. Development of an authentic reconstruction masterplan for the first Mormon Fort settled in Las Vegas in 1855. Researched historic plant materials and gardens. Developed landscape restoration plan. Construction documents were prepared to implement the $2.3 million project. Las Vegas, Nevada.
bulletSaint Phillips Church. Historic research, plant valuation and native plant inventory for historic site affected by Campbell Avenue/River Road intersection widening. Tucson, Arizona.
bulletTovrea Castle. Historic Landscape Inventory and Preservation Plan, Phoenix, Arizona.
bulletOlcott House and Davis House Landscape Rehabilitation Plans in Historic El Presidio Neighborhood. Tucson, Arizona.
bullet Tucson Museum of Art. Historic Site Renovation at the Corbett House, Tucson, Arizona.
bulletHistoric MacArthur Hotel Building Adaptive Reuse Landscape Architecture, Tucson, Arizona.
 

 

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