In September of 2007, we celebrated our 25th anniversary and in 2008, we've committed to increasing communication with clients, consultants and members of the RVi family. You're receiving this first edition of our monthly eNewsletter because we want you to know what's going on at RVi, the new projects we're working on and the exciting developments in on-going projects and team members. We'd love to hear your feedback. Hit reply and send us your comments anytime. If you'd rather not receive future emails from us, then you may unsubscribe at the bottom of this mail. You can always resubscribe on our website. We're looking forward to what 2008 will bring and to sharing with you the next 25 years of RVi stories.
In December RVi announced its donation of a long-term vision plan for the Town Lake Trail at Lady Bird Lake. To celebrate the news, Austin Mayor Will Wynn and City Council Member Mike Martinez met with RVi President Bob Richardson, Principal Barbara Austin and Susan Rankin, CEO of the Town Lake Trail Foundation, for a walk on the trail. "I'm excited that there seems to be the momentum to focus on the trail and that RVi is willing to take a broader, more global look at what the trail can be," Mayor Wynn told the Austin American-Statesman. Read Sarah Coppola's story, "Two plans converge on shaping path's future," here in the Austin American-Statesman article from December 12, 2007. Read more
This fall, Landscape Architect Chris Lalich served as Adjunct Professor for the Landscape Architecture Department of the University of Texas School of Architecture. Sixteen wide-eyed freshmen greeted him on the first day of his course. Landscape Technologies - with a focus on site grading - was well-visited by a very diverse, international group of students. Chris took full advantage of the situation and was able to bring back a new skill set to RVi, explaining that "gaining the perspective of fresh, unskilled eyes taught me how to rethink grading. I had to become more creative in my grading as the students thought of the systems unconventionally and kept me on my toes by questioning even the most basic grading rules. I essentially ended up reteaching myself."
