Michael Barnes, Publisher of High-Profile Monthly
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Inside this Issue
The Annual BSLA Celebration and Gala Awards Night will be held May 11 at the Hyatt Regency Downtown Crossing. Our celebration starts on page 18 announcing this year’s winners. We also are happy to announce the Connecticut chapter of ASLA award winners on page 39. High-Profile Monthly is the media sponsor for The Construction Institute’s 8th Annual Visionaries Forum. HP’s own Anastasia Barnes introduces the group on page 35, “Pixels are cheaper than bricks.”
On page 37, “Beyond BIM: The Future of Visualization,” is an example of the type of stories that will be featured in an upcoming HP focus on the new innovation and technologies that are shaping the AEC industry in New England. You are invited to participate: Contact editor@high-profile.com with your comments.
Every issue of HP includes news of healthcare facilities, but June will be our annual focus. See our promo on page 44 for details or click “Next Issue” at high-profile.com for updates.
NEWS Briefs
The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) is one of nine exemplary organizations exhibiting the most comprehensive approaches to educating and engaging their members on climate issues, according to a report released by the Kresge Foundation.
ASLA has identified climate change as a key issue for its members, according to ASLA Executive Vice President and CEO Nancy Somerville, Hon. ASLA. Site planning techniques can significantly reduce CO2 emissions by properly positioning a building, providing for more open space, and planting appropriate vegetation.
HP’s FastFacts Friday has added a new link to the Boston Architecture Diary, a crowdsourced website dedicated to architecture and design events in Greater Boston. The Boston Society of Architects/AIA (BSA) is proud to launch this new online guide for all events related to architecture and design that celebrate Boston’s architectural heritage and introduce cutting-edge thinking about the built and natural environment. The diary will list the rich array of lectures, exhibitions, tours, and conferences, many of them free, and all of them open to the public. All organizations with related programming are invited to submit events at no cost.
A federal appeals court has reversed a 2015 decision that denied the Aquinnah Wampanoag tribe’s effort to open a casino on Martha’s Vineyard. The United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit ruled in favor of the gaming plan the tribe has pursued for decades, according to the Boston Globe. Before the 2015 rejection, the 1,300-member tribe had already begun work on converting a 6,500sf community center into a casino.
According to a new Urban Land Institute (ULI) report, “Home in America: Immigrants and Housing Demand,” the housing and neighborhood location choices of immigrants will have a significant impact on urban growth in the U.S. for decades to come, particularly as more foreign-born residents seek to own homes in suburban communities. Since 2010, the number of immigrants from Asia has surpassed those from Latin America. Developers who can deliver the housing options immigrants want and need stand to benefit in the years to come.
The New England Information Office of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) has released New England and state unemployment numbers for 2016. Four New England States posted jobless rates that were measurably different from the U.S. average in 2016. Maine (3.9%), Massachusetts (3.7%), Vermont (3.3%), and New Hampshire (2.8 %) had rates significantly lower than that for the nation. Rhode Island (5.3 %) and Connecticut (5.1%) had rates not measurably different from the U.S. average.
MassEcon welcomed 18 companies new to Massachusetts at its Ninth Annual Corporate Welcome Reception at Sanofi Genzyme’s headquarters in Cambridge. This one-of-a-kind event brought together over 125 private sector leaders and senior state officials, including Governor Charlie Baker, to welcome companies that have recently opened facilities in the state.
