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LA Jim Hyatt Joins ValleyCrest06-26-06 | News

LA Jim Hyatt Joins ValleyCrest




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Jim Hyatt, a former vice president and principal at EDAW, joins ValleyCrest as the head of a new landscape architect firm?EUR??,,????'??+Hyatt Studio in Denver.


Over the years, ValleyCrest, a leading full-service landscape company headquartered in Calabasas, Calif., has brought many of Jim Hyatt?EUR??,,????'???s landscape designs to life. Now Hyatt, an award-winning landscape architect and urban designer with more than 20 years of experience, has joined ValleyCrest. Richard Sperber, president and COO of ValleyCrest announced Hyatt will head Hyatt Studio, a newly-established landscape architecture and planning firm in Denver, Colo. to create outdoor environments for resorts, master-planned communities, private residential properties and shopping venues.

?EUR??,,????'??For a landscape architect of Jim?EUR??,,????'???s caliber to join ValleyCrest marks a major milestone for our company,?EUR??,,????'?? said Sperber. ?EUR??,,????'??For years, I have wanted landscape architecture services to be a part of our portfolio to complement our landscape construction and maintenance operations.?EUR??,,????'??

ValleyCrest Companies, founded in 1949, is a leading provider of, development and maintenance services and a major supplier of trees. In March 2006, ValleyCrest moved into landscape architecture and integrated design-build when it acquired Orange County, California-based HRP LanDesign and Fairhope, Alabama-based Site Works. ValleyCrest reports sales in excess of $750 million and 8,000 employees.

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