Ms. Somerville termed Chicago a living laboratory for landscape architects to explore landscape architecture, planning and urban design practices.

If the rate of registration continues as strongly as in previous years, more than 7,000 landscape architecture professionals, product manufacturers and service providers will be in Chicago this September. Highlights for attendees include:

• An economic outlook for the industry by noted economist Kermit Baker, a senior research Fellow at Harvard University?EUR??,,????'?????<
• An EXPO featuring more than 400 products and services for landscape architecture professionals. The EXPO consistently ranks as the best event of the meeting by attendees.
• The opportunity to earn more than 21 professional development hours, many of which will be accepted by the AIA, the American Institute of Certified Planners and the state licensing boards of New York and Florida.
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• Networking opportunities and employment counseling through ASLA?EUR??,,????'?????<