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VENN Collaborative is a boutique planning + landscape architecture firm that collaborates with clients, stakeholders, partners, subject matter experts, and contractors to deliver thoughtful design solutions that intersect ecological, cultural, social, aesthetic and economic values to create thriving environments that enrich quality of life and elevate the human experience.

Creating exceptional places that elevate and enrich through visionary planning and
inspired design.

Stewardship & Placemaking

Responsible Stewardship starts with recognizing, understanding, and appreciating what makes something notable, distinctive, memorable, rare or exceptional - its "Genius" - and then protecting, nurturing, enhancing, and celebrating them so it reaches it's greatest potential.

 

Exceptional Placemaking is about recognizing, understanding, and appreciating those things that make a place "Genius" - it's "Genius Loci" - and then nurturing, enhancing, and celebrating them to create thriving environments that inspire, strengthen community, and foster elevated experiences.

Our Focus

Planned Communities

Parks, Trails & Open Spaces

Public Spaces & Amenities

Resort, Hospitality & Lifestyle Living Amenities

Commercial Developments

Guiding Principles

Collaborate

  • Be open minded and respectful

  • Continually seek understanding and improvement

  • Consider diverse perspectives and expertise

  • Apply what you’ve learned

  • Be creative

  • Pursue strong, cohesive solutions

  • Distill and simplify

 

Balance, Protect, Nurture, Enhance, and Celebrate What's Unique

  • Nature & Ecology

  • Visual Resources

  • Human Activity

  • Culture

  • History

  • Systems

  • Connections

 

Develop Environmental Sustainability

  • Nature-based solutions

  • Water conservation

  • Low Impact Development (LID)

  • Green energy and infrastructure

  • High-performance building strategies

  • Light pollution control

  • Recycling and waste reduction

  • Maintenance

  • Adaptive management

 

Build in Resilience

  • Social equity & governance

  • Health & wellness

  • Ecosystem services

  • Infrastructure

  • Economics

 

Enrich Quality of Life and Enhance the

Human Experience

  • Restore

  • Enhance

  • Connect

  • Share

  • Learn

  • Grow

  • Improve

  • Inspire

  • Celebrate

Scott Peters, PLA, ASLA

Principal, Sr. Landscape Architect

Scott is an award-winning Landscape Architect dedicated to creating projects that address user needs, celebrate the essence - the characteristics - that make places unique, and that push beyond sustainability to enhance the environment, enrich quality of life, and enliven the human experience.

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He shares with his clients the leadership, experience and expertise gained over 30+ years of professional practice across 150+ large-scale, multidisciplinary projects for both public and private clients throughout the western U.S. and internationally. His portfolio spans planning and design of communities, resorts and private clubs, parks, trails, downtown redevelopments, civic spaces, campuses, mixed-use developments, regional flood control facilities, power generation and transmission infrastructure, and mine reclamation and redevelopment, as well as environmental planning, permitting, and compliance management.

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A strong advocate for meaningful stakeholder engagement, integrating public outreach into the planning and design process has been a key aspect of Scott's work.

"I’m fortunate to collaborate with incredibly talented, smart, and creative individuals with diverse experiences and expertise to create and see built places that address challenging problems where people can experience nature, find peace, improve health, connect, share experiences, find strength, and be inspired."

LICENSES & REGISTRATIONS

   Professional Landscape Architect

  • AZ #35420

  • CA #4902

  • CO #484

  • ID #16650

  • NV #587

  • TX # 3496

  • UT #290266-5301

  • WY #0106C

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

  • American Society of Landscape Architects

  • Council of Landscape Architectural Registration Boards #2379

  • Utah Recreation and Parks Association

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BOARDS & COMMISSIONS

  • Utah DOPL Architect and Landscape Architect Licensing Board – Vice Chair

  • Cottonwood Heights Architectural Review Commission – Chair

  • Jordan River Foundation – President

  • Jordan River Commission – Past Board Member

  • On the River’s Edge Ideas Competition – Juror

  • Tempe Architectural Review Board – Past Member

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SELECTIVE TRAININGS

  • Center for Watershed Protection Rooftop to River: Tools for Restoring Watersheds

  • Rangeland Restoration Practices

  • FERC Natural Gas 101

  • FERC Environmental Review and Compliance for Natural Gas Facilities

  • PSMJ Principals Bootcamp

  • Project Management 101

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