Best Practices in Sustainable Development: How Southern California's Wine Country is Leading the Way

On Thursday, September 18th 2008 Urban Land Institute will be conducting a Panel Discussion on Sustainability and the Wine Country. The event will take place in the beautiful wine country at Wiens Family Cellars immediately following the Economic Development Conference at Pechanga Resort. We have put an exciting panel of sustainability and green building experts along with major stakeholders in the Southern California Wine Country. The Panel includes County of Riverside Planning Commissioner John Petty, developer Denis Ferguson, WLC Architects George Wiens, AIA, Nick Palumbo, viticulturist, enologist owner of Palumbo Family Vineyards and Dr. Peter Sherman from the University of Redlands. David Neault ASLA of David Neault Associates, Inc. will be the moderator.

Join your colleagues for an in-depth panel discussion on how to utilize cost-effective sustainable development and Best Practices to create successful master-planned communities, resorts and Wineries in the fast-growing Southern California Wine Country. At this program you'll learn how public and private enterprises are tackling the questions of sustainability that include green practices, economic viability and place making in one of the most environmentally sensitive regions of Southern California.

A panel of leading-edge professionals from government, education, viticulture, development and architecture will discuss these topics and more. Bring your thoughts and questions to create a lively round table discussion about the future of this important region.
The program will begin at 3:30 and will be followed by a networking reception and appetizers. You may also enjoy a complimentary wine tasting sponsored by Wiens Family Cellars.

This dynamic program will include information about:

• The status of current developments in the Temecula Valley wine region.


• The County's vision for future development details about sustainable development practices


• The role of architecture in sustainable design


• The winemaking industry's position on development


• Traffic issues: Alternatives to car dependence


• Infrastructure concerns and possibilities


• Energy concerns and possibilities


• The vital economics of the region

Questions or sign-up at (800) 321-5011 or online at http://www.uli.org/ passcode 81230979

Diversity Creates Success

Driven by the collaborative fusion of talents, education, backgrounds and well-rounded experiences in architecture, planning and civil engineering, our diverse team works to design and create successful landscape solutions for a myriad of projects.

Our portfolio of work includes residential master-planned communities, golf courses, hotels and resorts, theme parks, commercial/industrial and retail centers, municipalities, hospitals, educational campuses, public parks, design guidelines and more.

Through the combination of our varied professional backgrounds and our state-of-the art technology we are able to provide sustainable and functional landscape plans that are beautiful and pragmatic solutions for our clients.

Sustainable Solutions for Lasting Value

Spearheaded by the continued focus and efforts of our Principals David Neault and Suzanne Palmer, our team is committed to promoting sustainable practices by engaging timeless landscape architectural design axioms with cutting-edge technology to create unique and innovative design solutions.

We integrate the landscape of humanity and nature for the benefit of both. Carefully, we guard the delicate balance of the land’s natural state through artistic and site-specific solutions, artistic conceptual sketches, photo realistic imagery, and construction documents that embrace both the natural and cultural environs.

This leads to a finished product that can be sustained for generations to come.

Passion

Our work reflects our passion to integrate people and places. We capitalize on our inclusion of strategic partnerships and collaborative culture to produce signature results that we are proud of.

In the pursuit of the best solutions, we engage timeless landscape architectural design axioms with state of the art technology into the creative process. We guard the delicate balance between the project's initial raw state through conceptual sketches and construction documents to a finished product that can be sustained.

We not only understand the process, we embrace and plan for it.

Creating Unique and Inspirational Places

For over 20 years, the principals of David Neault Associates have been creating unique outdoor living spaces designed to make statements in landscape architecture that will stand the test of time.

Our focus has always been to provide our clients with a creative, yet pragmatic approach - combining vision, imagination, attention to detail and an understanding of the overall project goals.

We strive to provide a landscape architectural solution that creates an inspiring “sense of place.”
A place that invites people to create their own life long memories within the beauty of their surroundings and the comfort of the natural environment.

As a professional firm devoted to the building, development and landscape architecture industries, David Neault Associates, Inc. is a proud member of
Urban Land Institute
National Association of Home Builders
American Society of Landscape Architects
Building Industry Association
U.S. Green Building Council