June eNewsletter

The Value of Trust

BY CHRIS CRAWFORD

The depth of our collective business relationships is dependent on two different types of trust: professional and personal. Becoming a trusted advisor is about balancing the two. If you stop and think about it, we are all a trusted advisor to someone. We give advice to our friends, family, and colleagues daily, challenging them to make better informed decisions and expanding their perspectives. While most individuals have a propensity to build one type of trust over the other, it is crucial to watch, listen, and adapt based on what kind of trust people prioritize. It is important to understand the value you bring to the table and listen to their underlying interests – not just their immediate needs.

Transformative Stadium Point Project Moves Forward in Peoria

BY KATIE HARRIS

Earlier this month, the City of Peoria, AZ took an important step towards realizing plans for the game-changing mixed-use development known as Stadium Point. The City approved the Memorandum of Understanding with Developer American Life/Steinhauer Properties, enabling the team to move forward with preparing a Development Agreement for the planned 1 million+ s.f. project.

Image credit: FREIHEIT Architecture/American Life/Steinhauer Properties

The Element of Anthropology in Landscape Architecture 

BY DOUG CRAIG

Landscape Architecture is not just about knowing your plants, or designing a retaining wall, or being able to answer the age-old question, Why is my grass turning brown? (Please don’t ask us about your grass.) Inherent in the profession of landscape architecture is the need to understand how people live; the ability to recognize what motivates and inspires people to go to a place, how they will interact with that place, and how they will enjoy those who are also there with them. Landscape architects carefully consider the mood that needs to be created. Whether it is a plaza leading to a place of worship or to a busy marketplace matters a great deal in the design of that plaza.

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