2024 NDC ASLA Annual Fall Conference
Wednesday, September 18th, 2024
7:00 pm Welcome Social - Join us for a game of pickleball! Or just socialize with a drink!
Remedy Brewing Pickleball Pub
407 E 8th Street
Thursday, September 19th, 2024
NDC ASA 2024 Annual Conference
Museum of Visual Arts | 500 N Main Avenue, Sioux Falls, SD, 57104
7:00 am Exhibitor Setup
7:30 am Registration and Breakfast
8:30 am Opening Remarks
NDC ASLA President Mike Bender and Conference Chair Chris Brandriet
8:45 am -9:45 am Session 1: EAB and Urban Reforestation | Bryan Peterson, City of Sioux Falls
9:45 am - 10 am Break: Exhibitor Visits
10 am - 11am Session 2: Falls Park Master Plan | Jon Jacobson, Confluence and Mike Patten, SF Parks and Recreation
11 am - 12 pm Session 3: Sustainability & Energy at SD Universities | Eva Chase
12 pm - 2pm Lunch and Exhibitor Visits
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Session 4: Ethics | Gregory Wheeler
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm Break: Exhibitor Visits
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm Session 5: Let’s Skate | Allison Dvorak and Kanten Russell
6:30 pm to 9pm Awards Social and Ceremony
Friday, September 20th, 2024
8:00 am - 12:00 pm Site Tour Day
8:00 am - Meet on site at Hilton Garden Inn River Greenway
8:30 - 10:00 am Cherapa 2 Tour
10:00 - 10:30 am Walk through Falls Park to Steel District
10:30 - noon Steel District Tour
Conference Hotel
For your convenience, NDC ASLA has set up room blocks with reduced rates at the Holiday Inn at Downtown Sioux Falls’ City Centre.
Holiday Inn Sioux Falls-City Centre - Book by Monday August 25th!
Group Rate Code: LA4
Phone: 605-339-2000 (If you call to make reservations refer to the block as Nebraska/Dakotas Chapter ASLA or the group code ‘LA4’)
Note: To see the group rate, arrival and departure dates must be entered.
Michael Grove Lecture Happy Hour
We are excited to invite you to join us for a delightful evening of networking and camaraderie at our upcoming Happy Hour following the UNL Hyde Lecture Series with Michael Grove.
UNL Hyde Lecture Series: Michael Grove
For this lecture, Grove expounds the virtues of working with a global lens and perspective. Historically, landscape architecture has suffered from a predominantly parochial viewpoint. While a hyper-local perspective is critical, it is equally important to recognize that societal issues are interrelated, interdependent and international.
Simplified Place Creation
Join NDC ASLA Platinum Partner Commercial Recreation Specialists and Scenic Shelters in person or virtually on Thursday, Nov. 2nd from 11:30am - 12:30pm for a Simplified Place Creation Lunch & Learn.
NDC ASLA Annual Fall Conference
People to People. People to Places. People to Resources. People to Ideas. People to Nature. People to Art. People to People. Cultivating connections is often our role as landscape architects and design professionals. Making a connection and then developing and growing that connection is often circular, starting with connecting people to people and ending with the same. Constant cultivation is what grows and builds these connections and that takes an investment, not only in our people, but in the places surrounding and nurturing them. Join us in Omaha as we explore not only the connections, but the investment this community has put forth in cultivating existing and future connections.
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First Thursday Happy Hour: Sponsored by Unilock
Join your fellow NDC ASLA members for our Landscape Architects' Happy Hour! This month our Happy Hour is sponsored by Unilock and TJ will be joining us in person in Omaha — but he’ll be buying the first round everywhere! We’re gathering at 5pm local time, in Rapid City, Sioux Falls, and Omaha. (North Dakota folks watch for your Happy Hour later in the month!) Do you know someone who isn't a member yet -- bring them along, introduce them to the group and get them signed up! And hey – snap some photos of the gang to include in our newsletters and emails! Meet-up spots are as follows. Look for the ASLA table tents if you’re new to the group!
Fargo: Wurst Bier Hall
Rapid City: Murphy's Pub
Sioux Falls: Remedy Brewing Company
NDC ASLA | Unilock Lunch & Learn: Successful Streetscapes
Join Unilock, one of our great NDC ASLA Partners, for this virtual Lunch & Learn on Thursday, September 7th at Noon Central.
Mike Anderson and TJ Weinandt will join us online to discuss Successful Streetscapes. Click this link for more information on this virtual Lunch & Learn worth 1.0 LACES credits.
Complete the digital sign in sheet here and email to Mike and TJ with your information, so they can follow-up with the needed information for you to obtain the LACES credit.
NDC ASLA 3rd Annual Nebraska Section Taco Ride: New Date!
Join NDC Chapter members, students, and professionals for the Third Annual 'TACO RIDE' to socialize, ride your bicycle, and eat tacos!
July Fargo, Omaha, and Rapid City NDC Happy Hours!
Fargo, Rapid City, and Omaha Members: Join your fellow NDC ASLA members for our Landscape Architects' Happy Hour! We’re gathering at 5pm local time for this low-key, informal, come as you are gathering after work. Not sure you’ll know anyone? Look for the NDC ASLA Table Tent! As you know, it's the same time, same place every first Thursday at 5 pm. Do you know someone who isn't a member yet -- bring them along, introduce them to the group and get them signed up! And hey – snap some photos of the gang to include in our newsletters and emails! Meetup spots are below. Sioux Falls, South Dakota Section Members: See the Green Drinks Social Hour Event!
Fargo: Wurst Bier Hall
Rapid City: Murphy's Pub
Omaha: Kinkaider Brewing Company
Green Drinks Social Hour w/Sioux Falls Building Sustainable Connections
Attention Sioux Falls, South Dakota Section Members: The July 6th NDC ASLA Social Hour will be held in conjunction with the Building Sustainable Connections group at Daily Clean Food and Drink (6215 S Western Avenue). The Social starts at 4:30pm and runs until 7pm, but feel free to come and go as you have time. P.S.: South Dakota Section Chair Emily Hopfauf highly recommends the 605 Supreme Pizza!
NDC ASLA 1st Annual South Dakota (East River) Section Taco Ride!
Join NDC Chapter South Dakota Section for the 1st Annual SD Taco Ride to socialize, ride your bicycle, and eat some great food!
June Fargo and Rapid City NDC Happy Hours!
North Dakota and Rapid City, South Dakota Section Members: Join your fellow NDC ASLA members for our Landscape Architects' Happy Hour! We’re gathering at 5pm local time for this low-key, informal, come as you are gathering after work. As you know, it's the same time, same place every first Thursday at 5 pm. Do you know someone who isn't a member yet -- bring them along, introduce them to the group and get them signed up! And hey – snap some photos of the gang to include in our newsletters and emails! Meetup spots are below. Nebraska and Sioux Falls, South Dakota Section Members: See your respective Taco Ride information on June 8th!
Fargo: Wurst Bier Hall
Rapid City: Murphy's Pub
MAY NDC Happy Hour!
Join your fellow NDC ASLA members for our Landscape Architects' Happy Hour! We’re gathering at 5pm local time for this low-key, informal, come as you are gathering after work. As you know, it's the same time, same place every first Thursday at 5 pm. Do you know someone who isn't a member yet -- bring them along, introduce them to the group and get them signed up! And hey – snap some photos of the gang to include in our newsletters and emails! Meetup spots are as follows:
Fargo: Wurst Bier Hall
Rapid City: Murphy's Pub
Sioux Falls: Remedy Brewing Company
Omaha: Kinkaider Brewing Company
Cunningham Recreation Lunch & Learn: Inclusive Play Matters
Join Silver Partner Cunningham Recreation for a Lunch & Learn with Bill Patterson presenting Inclusive Play Matters: Innovating Outdoor Play Destinations for People of All Ages and Abilities. Worth 1 LA CES HSW PDH.
SDSU Landscape Architecture Open House
Join the South Dakota State University Landscape Architecture Program for Landscape Architecture Senior Capstone Presentations and a public presentation by professional Landscape Architect and SDSU Alum Booker Tieszen of Sasaki.
UNL Annual Student Mixer
Join us for this intriguing event that brings students and professionals together over projects! The UNL Annual Student Mixer will be held Thursday, April 13th, 2023, at 5:30-7pm at the UNL College of Architecture Gallery.
APRIL NDC Happy Hour!
Join Stacy in Omaha and Mike in Sioux Falls as NDC ASLA Gold Partner Landscape Forms hosts our First Thursday Landscape Architects' Happy Hour on April 6th! We’re gathering at 5pm local time for this low-key, informal, come as you are gathering after work. Do you know someone who isn't a member yet -- bring them along, introduce them to the group and get them signed up! And hey – snap some photos of the gang to include in our newsletters and emails! Meetup spots are as follows:
Fargo: Wurst Bier Hall
Rapid City: Murphy's Pub
Sioux Falls: Remedy Brewing Company
Omaha: Kinkaider Brewing Company
World Landscape Architecture Month
April is World Landscape Architecture Month (WLAM). Established by the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA), WLAM is a month-long international celebration of landscape architecture and designed public and private spaces. During WLAM, ASLA and landscape architects around the world aim to demonstrate connections to the spaces landscape architects create by highlighting landscape architect-designed spaces.
MARCH NDC Happy Hour!
Join your fellow NDC ASLA members for our Landscape Architects' Happy Hour! We’re gathering at 5pm local time for this low-key, informal, come as you are gathering after work. As you know, it's the same time, same place every first Thursday at 5 pm. Do you know someone who isn't a member yet -- bring them along, introduce them to the group and get them signed up! And hey – snap some photos of the gang to include in our newsletters and emails! Meetup spots are as follows:
Fargo: Wurst Bier Hall
Rapid City: Murphy's Pub
Sioux Falls: Remedy Brewing Company
Omaha: Kinkaider Brewing Company
Crouch Recreation Happy Hour
Join Crouch Recreation for an intro on Kompan…and a beer! Meet the team from Crouch Recreation at for an introduction to Kompan, followed by Happy Hour!.
Monthly NDC Happy Hour!
Join your fellow NDC ASLA members for our Landscape Architects' Happy Hour! We’re gathering at 5pm local time for this low-key, informal, come as you are gathering after work. As you know, it's the same time, same place every first Thursday at 5 pm. Do you know someone who isn't a member yet -- bring them along, introduce them to the group and get them signed up! And hey – snap some photos of the gang to include in our newsletters and emails! Meetup spots are as follows:
Fargo: Wurst Bier Hall
Rapid City: Murphy's Pub
Sioux Falls: Remedy Brewing Company
Omaha: Kinkaider Brewing Company
Landscape Forms Bonus Happy Hour!
Join us for this bonus Happy Hour with Stacy Ernst from Landscape Forms!
NDC ASLA Happy Hour with Crouch Recreation
Join us for our first Thursday ASLA Happy Hour sponsored by Gold Partner Crouch Recreation! Members of the Crouch Recreation team will be joining us in person in Omaha and Sioux Falls, so don’t miss out on this opportunity to meet the Crouch folks in person!
Lunch & Learn: Crouch Recreation | waterplay
Join Gold Partner Crouch Recreation and waterplay in person or virtually for this Lunch & Learn worth 1 LACES credit on Universal Splash Pad Design. The Lunch & Learn will be held Thursday, October 6th, at 12 Noon Central time at Lamp Rynearson in Omaha or virtually via Zoom.
WATER: Learn. Preserve. Protect | NDC ASLA Fall Conference 2022 | Fargo, ND
The community of Fargo is no stranger to water. For generations, water has drawn people to Fargo. It has strengthened livelihoods, provided nourishment and beauty, and crushed hopes and dreams. Join us in September as we learn from this resilient community the importance of preserving, protecting, and embracing this artful and everchanging resource.
NDC ASLA Fall Conference Awards: Submittals Due!
The Nebraska/Dakotas Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects is pleased to issue this formal Call for Entries for the Fall 2022 Conference Awards Program. Winners will be honored at the Awards Ceremony held on September 15thduring the 2022 Fall Conference in Fargo, North Dakota.
Monthly NDC ASLA Happy Hour Sponsored by CRS
Our Gold Partner, Commercial Recreation Specialists will be sponsoring this month’s NDC ASLA Happy Hour. More information TBD.
Unilock Topgolf Social Event!
Join us for a fun night out at Topgolf Omaha on July 28th, 4 - 7 pm. Thank you to our Gold Sponsor, Unilock!