Become a ‘Friend of Georgia Landscape Architecture’
Your support matters
In an effort to protect your legal rights as a licensed Landscape Architects in the state of Georgia, the Chapter has initiated the Advocacy Fund to make sure that our Georgia legislature is aware of our concerns and investment as it is related to the Landscape Architecture profession.
$10,000 annual fundraising goal
This fund is EXCLUSIVELY for the purpose of paying our lobbyist yearly contract. Income from our general membership fee goes to our Legal Defense Fund savings account for emergencies.
Two ways to donate:
Be a firm member and join the member map ($250 +)
Showcase your firm or organization and Georgia projects on our interactive Member Map!
Our map is advertised:
on our website homepage
at GA ASLA events
at allied organization state conferences
with state and local legislators
General donations
Donate any amount to support Landscape Architects and our advocacy efforts.
Be a Champion!
Donations over $1,000 a year earn ‘Champion’ status and your logo will be fixed on our member map page.
Donate to help continue supporting these lobbying efforts.
monitoring any law changes that impact our licensure and profession
maintaining working relationships with Georgia lawmakers and allied professions
advocating for changes that have a positive impact on the profession
Benefits of Becoming a FOGLA Member
Showing your passion for the profession
Protect and defend our profession for future landscape architects
One person can make a difference
Advocacy is essential to our democratic form of government
Grow the understanding and importance of Landscape Architecture
Get involved with state and national issues
Your Donations At Work, Advocacy Day 2020: Under The Gold Dome
Early on March 3rd, members of GAASLA came to the Capitol for a much-anticipated advocacy day in front of the Georgia General Assembly.
The team hosted a handful of legislators including the Finance Chair Senator Chuck Hufstetler (R-Rome), Rep. Vance Smith (R-Pine Mountain), Rep. Emory Dunahoo (R-Gillsville), Rep. Josh McLaurin (D-Sandy Springs), Chairman Kevin Tanner (R-Dawsonville), and Senator Chuck Payne (R-Dalton).
Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger came to greet the group and hear from members of ASLA about their work in the field. Matthew Wilder and Andrea Greco were able to illustrate their virtual reality headset and showcase an example of a design a landscape architect had created on a college campus.
The breakfast is a warm-up before going with the lobbying team to find your elected officials on the rope line upstairs, which is the heart of true advocacy work here at the Capitol. The team got their sea legs with explaining what licensure is for Landscape Architects and why it’s important.
After breakfast, the team debriefed with a quick “advocacy 101” and then took a photo with Governor Brian Kemp! We took ASLA members on a small guided tour of the building and then some of the group was
able to go onto the Senate Chamber Floor (a rare honor that even your lobbyist is not allowed to join you for) and took another photo with the Lieutenant Governor Geoff Duncan as he took a break from presiding over session.
Additionally, Senator John Albers (Sarah Boyer’s Senator!) put in a resolution that was read on the floor that day introducing the American Society of Landscape Architects and recognizing the profession in front of the Senate.
Success Stories
Zion National Park. Springdale, Utah | Photo by Ilona Bellotto
SIGNED INTO LAW: THE GREAT AMERICAN OUTDOORS ACT
The American Society of Landscape Architects celebrated the signing of the Great American Outdoors Act. This new law will permanently and fully fund the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) and provide funding to address the maintenance backlog in our national parks and other public lands.
"Landscape architects helped design the first national parks and are involved in their maintenance to this day. Many landscape architects rely on funding from LWCF to finance important projects that otherwise would never get off the ground," said Wendy Miller, FASLA, president of the American Society of Landscape Architects. "In the midst of the current climate crisis, the role of landscape architects as responsible stewards of the land has never been more important. This law will go a long way toward helping us continue that work."
ASLA has long supported the measures included in the Great American Outdoors Act. During this Congress alone, 2,500 members of ASLA's advocacy network sent over 6,200 messages in support of this law, reaching lawmakers in all 50 states, Washington D.C., and Puerto Rico.
"For ASLA, today marks the culmination of years of advocacy, by our team on Capitol Hill and by members all across the country," added Miller. "It's truly a day to celebrate."