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Coming To CIVIQ: Thomas Woltz On “Landscape, Memory And Truth”

Part of a 60-foot-long steel wall that lists the known names of enslaved people at Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello in Virginia.
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Part of a 60-foot-long steel wall that lists the known names of enslaved people at Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello in Virginia.

How we talk about land shapes what we do - and what we don’t do - with land.

Thomas Woltz says “The land is full” - and “We have a responsibility to let the land tell its stories.”

He is owner and senior principal of Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects - based in New York and Charlottesville, Virginia.

Thomas Woltz
Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects
Thomas Woltz

On Thursday, he will be the next speaker for CIVIQ, presented by Chattanooga Design Studio - in partnership with the Trust for Public Land - starting at 5:30 PM at the downtown Chattanooga Public Library.

The title of his talk: “Landscape, Memory and Truth: Unlocking Histories Hidden in the Land.”

I spoke with Thomas - and Ginger Birnbaum with the Studio.

Thomas Woltz at CIVIQ.
Chattanooga Design Studio

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