Photo credit: ASLA/Korey Davis Photography Robert Gunderson (Bob), co-founder and principal of SGA Group, was recently elevated to ‘Fellow’ of the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA), at a special investiture ceremony during the annual Conference on Landscape Architecture, held this year in Minneapolis, MN, from October 27-30, 2023. Becoming a Fellow is one of…
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SGA Group, Inc. co-founder, Graham Sones, at far right above (standing), participated in an awards celebration on February 27, 2020. The Minneapolis Parks Legacy Society (MPLS) and Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board (MPRB) received a preservation award for the on-site interpretive tours of the historic Theodore Wirth House and Administration Building (1910 Colonial Revival, Mission…
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SGA Group, Inc. relocates office to Buffalo, Minnesota. BUFFALO, MINNESOTA (UNITED STATES) – February 3, 2020 – SGA Group, Inc. is pleased to announce that they have moved their office to Buffalo, MN, effective February 3, 2020. Their new address is 105 2nd Street South, Suite 1, Buffalo, MN 55313. Office telephone…
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Geographic Information Science (GISci) Professional Carl Sones joins Minnesota Landscape Architecture and Planning firm BUFFALO, MINNESOTA (UNITED STATES) – January 25, 2020 – SGA Group, Inc. is pleased to announce that Carl Sones has affiliated with the company, effective February 3, 2020. Mr. Sones will oversee the firm’s geodatabase management, GIS programming,…
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SGA Group partner Graham Sones, shown at left above, recently performed on WCCO-TV’s Mid-Morning show on August 7th, as part of the Tony Rook Band. The band was performing to publicize the upcoming 2019 Minnesota Bluegrass August Festival, held at El Rancho Manana, August 8-11th, near Richmond, MN. The band, which plays original contemporary bluegrass…
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Partners Graham Sones and Robert Gunderson were invited guest critics for a park planning studio at the Department of Landscape Architecture & Regional Planning, UMass-Amherst, on March 27, 2019. The 2nd year studio mid-term review focused on the influence of the Connecticut River Valley system, in determining growth patterns in western Massachusetts, in particular on…
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SGA Group partner Graham Sones organized a tour of the Theodore Wirth House on September 29, 2018. The tour was led by Joan Berthiaume, co-founder of the Minneapolis Parks Legacy Society. The house, a striking and historically significant home, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Minneapolis Park Commissioners built Theodore Wirth’s…
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: RESTON, VIRGINIA (UNITED STATES) – October 3, 2018 – Robert Gunderson has been elected to a two-year term (2018–2020) as Secretary of the Board of Directors for the Council of Landscape Architectural Registration Boards (CLARB). The organization recently concluded its Annual Meeting in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Gunderson has previously served…
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On June 23rd, Graham Sones joined his fellow ASLA MN volunteers at the Theodore Wirth Home and Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board Administration Building to move heavy furnishings from storage to the National Historic Site. Items that belonged to the Wirth family and office furniture used during Wirth’s term as Superintendent of Minneapolis Parks were…
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On May 17, 2018, Mr. Gunderson was re-elected Board Secretary, and installed on the Executive Committee of the 21-member Minnesota Board of Architecture, Engineering, Land Surveying, Landscape Architecture, Geoscience, and Interior Design. He was also re-appointed to the Complaint Committee, which investigates complaints brought against licensed and unlicensed individuals. The Board mission is to regulate…
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