Building Community: 100 Ideas The 100 Ideas Project is an optimistic way to engage community to better support its capacity and address problems; a belief in our collaborative ability to make something better. Over the course of 100 days, the project shares ideas focused on the themes of purpose, materials, mobility, technology, economy, scale, environment, context, and people – all aimed at building community, supporting capacity, and finding ways to address our most pressing public issues. This exercise is meant to generate a dialogue about keystone projects throughout the community. Design is an optimistic way to view the world. That is: you have to believe in the ability to make something better. In this case, these ideas are opportunities to build a wave of optimism. The 100 Ideas Project is the brainchild of Jonathon Geels, a landscape architect working with Troyer Group. Jonathon is active with the American Society of Landscape Architects at both the state and national levels as well as being heavily involved in his home community of South Bend. © Troyer Group - Together, We Will Web Design by Effect

Trends Shaping Landscape Architecture Trends Shaping Landscape Architecture Article by: Jonathon Geels, PLA for Land8 Title: 5 Trends Shaping Landscape Architecture in 2018 “By its nature, design evolves, responding to both context and conscious. Reflecting on the prestige and tumult of 2017 (there’s too many to list), has me wondering what the next iteration of landscape architecture will be. What’s on the horizon? What are the groundswell moments that will continue to gain momentum, and what are the emerging challenges that we must confront? From the continued ripples of the LAF Declaration to finding legislative footholds to the powerful Black in Design conference, 2017 was the year that landscape architects awoke to find value in participation beyond practice as well as placing continued emphasis on of the role of place in justice, economics, and environmental stability. In no particular order, here are 5 topics that are permeating the profession of landscape architecture right now”…READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE ON LAND8 Interactive installation part of a pop-up park in South Bend, IN Jonathon is a Landscape Architect at Troyer Group, where his influence and creativity are contagious. He enjoys solving problems by connecting people to new ideas through design, innovation, and advocacy. He is passionate about improving public health, the built environment, social equality, as well as resource management and hopes to engage other professionals with the same enthusiasm. © Troyer Group - Together, We Will Web Design by Effect