Category Archives: Newsletter

Kicking Off the Parks Master Plan Survey at the Lake Clarke Shores Community BBQ

On February 15, our team attended the Lake Clarke Shores Community BBQ, an event with over 1,000 residents, to initiate the public engagement process for the town’s Parks Master Plan. The final deliverable will include a comprehensive Master Plan for North Park, Memorial Park, and Pine Tree Park, outlining park-specific concepts and broader design guidelines for future improvements.

McKenna West and Maegan Mikkelson represented our team at the event, engaging with residents and introducing the survey process. The Community BBQ provided an ideal setting to gather initial feedback on park amenities, recreational needs, and long-term enhancements. To encourage participation, they distributed business cards with a QR code linking to the online survey, making it easy for attendees to provide input at their convenience.

With the survey now underway, we will begin analyzing the results to identify key themes and community priorities. The next step will be a community charrette, where we will refine the survey findings and develop preliminary design concepts for each park. These interactive discussions will help shape the final vision, ensuring the Parks Master Plan aligns with both the town’s goals and resident expectations.

This engagement-driven approach allows us to create a thoughtful, cohesive plan that enhances Lake Clarke Shores’ parks and open spaces while preserving its unique character. We look forward to continuing this process and developing innovative design solutions that reflect the community’s vision.

Club at Quail Ridge’s North Golf Course is Officially Open!

The North Course is Officially Open!

And with those words, two and a half years of hard work were officially unveiled to the membership of the Club at Quail Ridge.

Since 2022, Cotleur & Hearing has been closely involved in the reimagining of the North Course for the Club at Quail Ridge. Working in collaboration with Fry Straka Global Golf Design and the Club’s management team, the 50-year-old course was completely redesigned to create a beautiful, challenging, and environmentally friendly 18-hole championship course.

By utilizing a fully native and Florida-friendly plant palette and working in partnership with Palm Beach County, the design included over 600 relocated native trees and palms, two miles of lush perimeter landscapes, colorful vistas, wetland plantings, and native habitats to support wildlife. As an Audubon community, enhancing the natural habitat was critical to the membership to preserve and improve homes for the many kestrels, great horned owls, and cranes that call the Club home.

On January 16, 2025, Cotleur & Hearing was proud to be present at the grand opening of the North Course to the Club’s membership. Along with our partners from Fry Straka, NMP Golf, Sunflower Landscaping, and TCI Irrigation, the CH team celebrated the successful completion of this great project!

January 16, 2025 Grand Opening Celebration
Pictured left to right: Mike Miller - Sunflower Landscaping, Jason Straka - Fry Straka Global Golf, Steven Smith - President Quail Ridge, Gregg Byrick - Cotleur & Hearing, Lisa Ferrara - Co-chair Quail Ridge Golf & Greens Committee, David Rowley - Co-chair Quail Ridge Golf & Greens Committee.

Cotleur & Hearing Sponsored and Attended 2018 Florida American Planning Association Conference

Cotleur & Hearing is honored to have served as a sponsor of the 2018 Florida American Planning Association in West Palm Beach on September 11th-14th. Several Cotleur & Hearing employees attended and participated in the conference festivities, including Daniel Sorrow, Jeremy Hubsch, Alex Ahrenholz, Kristy Lee, George Missimer, and Leah Heinzelmann. Don Hearing, along with staff from the Town of Jupiter, led a tour of planners from all over the state to the Jupiter Inlet Village to highlight several successful projects Cotleur & Hearing has completed. Cotleur & Hearing employees also took an active role in the planning of the conference, with Dan Sorrow and Alex Ahrenholz twinning at the APA Conference Alex Ahrenholz and George Missimer both Jeremy Hubsch and Alex Ahrenholz serving on the conference host committee over the past year. We are a long-time sponsor of this great event, and our employees enjoy attending so that they can keep up with latest emerging trends in planning and development.

CH Landscape Architect Honored as Keynote Speaker in Oklahoma

ASLA Oklahoma held their annual State Meeting last week at the historic Will Rogers Theatre in Oklahoma City. Cotleur & Hearing landscape architect, Nicole Plunkett, was invited to participate as one of five keynote speakers to a crowd of just over 100 attendees ranging from landscape architecture professionals, university professors, and students from Oklahoma State University and the University of Oklahoma. While it’s no doubt that the field of landscape architecture varies greatly from state-to-state, Nicole spoke about the importance of coming together as a profession and educating K-12 students about landscape architecture. She also shared her endeavors and visions of Future Landscape Architects of America (FLAA) in an effort to move towards the goals of educating our youth and diversifying our profession.