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M.
Eugene Merkl, Jr.
President,
East Mississippi Holding Company
Land Resource Consulting Group
Phillips Design Group
President, Southern Landscaping Management, Inc.
Mr.
Merkl is a landscape architect with over 24 years of experience
in landscape construction, construction administration, maintenance
management and horticultural consulting. Prior to relocation to
Starkville, Mr. Merkl served as a Principal with SLA Studio Land,
Inc., an international landscape architecture and planning firm,
with offices in Houston, TX, Washington D.C., Los Angeles, CA and
Tokyo, Japan.
During his tenure with SLA Studio Land, Inc., Mr. Merkl helped to
evolve a hands-on approach to construction administration and quality
control in the implementation of residential community development,
recreational facilities and environmental graphics. He also supervised
the production of vegetation analysis/inventories and budget/costs
evaluations.
Mr. Merkl also served as Corporate Director of Construction Administration
for SLA Studio Land, Inc. His responsibilities included setting
and administering company-wide policies and procedures for the implementation
of design during the construction phase.
Recently Mr. Merkl, as Principal of Land Resource
Consulting Group has provided landscape architectural services
for the City of Columbus, Mississippi (WCBI Streetscape), Main Street
Columbus, Inc., Golden Triangle Regional Airport (Entry and Terminal
Improvements), Clay County Medical Center (Outpatient Facility,
Wellness Center and Women's Clinic), Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden
Triangle, Columbus, MS, The Hunter Henry Alumni Center at MSU and
the jBrookwood Middle School in Tuscaloosa, AL.
Current design projects under way include development of the Master
Plan for The Garden of Hope for the Save-a-Life Foundation in Tupelo,
MS, Kemper Combustion Turbine Facility for TVA, Knoxville, TN, irrigation
design for Viking Range Research Center, Starkville, MS, City of
Starkville Main Street Improvements and Research Park Design Development
for The Greater Starkville Development Partnership.
As principal of Phillips Design Group,
Mr. Merkl's leadership has helped develop this enterprise into one
of the leading design build firms in the state noting growth of
greater than 30% annually over the last ten years. Phillips Design
Group continues to provide unparalleled design and services to markets
throughout Mississippi.
As President of Southern Landscape Management,
Inc., Mr. Merkl has ushered the company into a period of
unprecedented growth though the acquisition of competing business
and the streamlining of production management. The Company currently
serves over 200 clients in as many as 15 local markets, providing
the very finest in serviced centered commercial grounds management.
As a service partner with the Tennessee Valley Authority, SLM has
recently entered a 10 year service agreement with the nation's largest
public sector power provider.
Mr. Merkl currently resides in Starkville, MS with his wife, Lee
and son, Morgan, and is a member of the First United Methodist Church.
Education:
Bachelor of Landscaping Architecture
Mississippi State University, 1977
Registration:
Registered Landscape Architect
Mississippi #306, 1993
Texas #781, 1979 (inactive)
Tennessee #411, 1988 (inactive)
Alabama #338, 1988
Georgia #866, 1989
Ms Certified Commercial Pesticide/Herbicide Applicator #1996
Professional Affiliations:
Alpha Zeta Professional Service Fraternity
Mayor's Landscape Ordinance Council, Houston, TX, 1990
Chairman, Texas Chapter Convention, ASLA, 1992
Member-Community Development Foundation, Tupelo,MS
Board of Directors, Refuge Ministries International, 2002
Greater Starkville Development Partnership, 2003
Board of Directors, East Oktibbeha VFD, 2003
Adjunct Professor, Department Landscape Architecture, Mississippi
State University, 2002-2003
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