DALLAS, March 19, 2009 – TBG Partners, Texas’ largest landscape architecture and planning firm, has promoted Mark Meyer, RLA, ASLA, to managing principal at the firm’s Dallas/Fort Worth office. An integral member of the firm for the past 10 years, Mark has nearly 12 years of extensive experience developing master plans and detailed designs for city parks and recreational systems, mixed-use developments and urban revitalization districts.

As managing principal, Mark will oversee design and planning for numerous TBG DFW-area projects, including the future Dallas Design District, a 160-acre bustling trades district in downtown; the City of Coppell’s trail master plan; Hometown, a 700-acre, neoclassical traditional neighborhood development (TND) in North Richland Hills; Cappella Park, a multi-generational traditional neighborhood in Dallas; the new healing and children’s garden at Children’s Medical Center in Dallas; and The Tribute in The Colony, a 635-acre residential community on the shores of Lake Lewisville.

From high-density urban mixed-use projects to entire communities, Mark employs traditional design standards while focusing on connecting people with built and natural environments. Mark emphasizes the marriage between planning and landscape architecture to substantiate this approach, ensuring the creation of meaningful places.

Mark holds his Bachelor of Landscape Architecture from Texas A&M University and is involved in several professional organizations in the Dallas/Fort Worth area, including the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA), Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU), and the Urban Land Institute (ULI), for which he sits on the Community Development Council.

About TBG Partners

As Texas’ leading landscape architecture and planning firm, TBG Partners designs mixed-use and residential communities, corporate campuses, civic buildings, resorts, healthcare and educational facilities, city parks and historic sites. With a strong commitment to the advancement of sustainable design principles, TBG encourages its employees to become LEED Accredited Professionals and its clients to utilize green building practices for their projects. Established in 1987, TBG has offices in Austin, Dallas/Fort Worth, Houston and San Antonio. For more information, please visit http://www.tbg-inc.com.

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