BOT Annual Meeting Webinar Agenda Public Awareness and Communications Government Affairs Education Professional Practice Networks Audio is via teleconference only
Advocacy Update October 2013 The best offense is a good defense Planning for the future while defending our priorities Chapter support and outreach
Advocacy Summit 2013 34 chapters represented Training on: Advocacy planning Hiring and Working with a Lobbyist Updates on deregulation and restraints to practices across the country
Licensure Highlights State Updates DC licensure on the cusp Michigan in negotiations with legislators Sunset in Vermont? Advocacy Grants $40,000 awarded to 11 Chapters City of Greensburg Main Street Streetscape: BNIM
State Advocacy Priority Survey Preliminary Results City of Greensburg Main Street Streetscape: BNIM
State Advocacy Priority Survey Preliminary Results City of Greensburg Main Street Streetscape: BNIM
ASLA ADVOCACY Investing in Our Water Infrastructure Systems Fixing Our Transportation Networks for All Users Community Revitalization Through Parks Supporting Our Small Businesses
Funding Environment unprecedented challenges LWCF-zeroed out Urban and Community Forestry eliminated TIGER-zeroed out Appropriations Season
Innovative Stormwater Solutions Act of 2013 Sponsors: Sen. Tom Udall (NM) Rep. Donna Edwards (MD) Implementation Grants Technical Assistance (model codes, BMPs) Regional Centers of Excellence City of Greensburg Main Street Streetscape:
No Child Left Inside Act of 2013 Sponsors: Sen. Jack Reed (RI) and Rep. John Sarbanes (MD) assist with partnerships between school districts, colleges, parks, nonprofits, and other community based organizations to help implement environmental curricula. professional development for teachers on the use of field-based service and experimental learning. City Garden, St. Louis: Nelson Byrd Woltz
500 th Policy introduced in Memphis, TN Complete Streets H.R. 2468 has bipartisan support TRID Master Plan: Interface Studio LLC
ASLA ADVOCACY Working With Our Federal Partners
National Partners American Institute of Architects American Planning Association National Parks and Recreation Association AARP America Bikes American Public Health Association American Rivers City Parks Alliance League of American Bicyclists National Complete Streets Coalition Rails-to-Trails Conservancy Smart Growth America Scenic America Transportation For America The Trust for Public Land The Wilderness Society Sierra Club National League of Cities Safe Routes to School Partnership National Parks Conservation Association Keep America Beautiful Alliance for Community Trees American Public Transportation Association Reconnecting America Water Environment Federation EcoNorthwest National Building Museum National Association of Realtors American Public Works Association American Forests National Association of Clean Water Agencies Alliance for Biking & Walking American for the Arts American Hiking Society Civil War Trust International Mountain Biking Bicycling Association National Association of State Park Directors American Nursery and Landscape Association National Wildlife Foundation The North Face The Outdoor Foundation REI USGBC National Institute for Building Sciences American Heart Association American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers National Association of Conservation Districts National Association of State Foresters The Nature Conservancy International City/County Management Association Arbor Day Foundation American Society of Civil Engineers Utility Arborist Association American Camp Association United States Conference of Mayors United States Soccer Foundation Up2Us Chesapeake Bay Foundation International Society of Arboriculture Izaak Walton League National Audubon Society Natural Resources Defense Council International Code Council
Trustee Questions? Please enter questions via the Q&A box. Staff Contacts: Julia Lent, Hon. ASLA jlent@asla.org Roxanne Blackwell, Esq. rblackwell@asla.org Kevin O Hara kohara@asla.org