FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 3, 2020
Local Landscape Architect, Blair Parker, ASLA
Appointed by Governor Bill Lee
MEMPHIS, TN --- Blair Parker, ASLA, Principal of Blair Parker Design, a Landscape Architecture design firm in Memphis, was appointed by Governor Bill Lee to serve a second term on the State of Tennessee Board of Architectural and Engineering Examiners. Blair is the immediate past Chairman of the Board and the sole Landscape Architect. He will serve a four-year term.
The Tennessee Board of Architectural and Engineering Examiners is the licensing Board for Architects, Engineers, Landscape Architects and Interior Designers. This board serves a key purpose to oversee registration requirements and other licensure related business that comes before them and to make decisions regarding violations to the licensure rules.
Blair Parker stated, “I am honored to be reappointed by Governor Lee and will carry on the duty of representing the landscape architecture profession and our allied design professions of architecture, engineering and Interior Design.”
As an active member of the profession, Blair has held several positions including President of the Tennessee Chapter of American Society of Landscape Architects. Blair is a consistent spokesman of landscape architecture and shares examples of the positive influence they have on society. Currently he is a Board Member of the Overton Park Conservancy and is Past President and currently on the Advisory Board of the Memphis Botanic Garden. Blair is an active member of Mid-South Clean Water and is also active in the Memphis Runners Track Club.
Design projects Parker has worked on include: Tennessee Brewery, Conwood Snuff District, TraVure Office, Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital, White Oak Retail Community, Dyersburg State University, West Cancer Center, Overton Park, Uptown West development, International Paper, and a multitude of parks and colleges.
Tennessee Chapter of American Society of Landscape Architects is a non-profit dedicated to the advancement of knowledge, education and skill in the art of Landscape Architecture and the promotion of the profession of Landscape Architecture as an instrument of service in the public welfare. For more information visit www.tnasla.org.
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