Phil Barlow, ASLA, LEED AP, TO Design, LLC
Title: Principal
Company: TO Design, LLC
Location: New Britain, CT
Place of birth: Parkersburg, WV
Family: Wife Dawn; Sons Wil, age 18 and Thomas, age 13
College: West Virginia University
First job unrelated to your current field: Paper Route
First job in current field: Small Landscape Architecture firm in Denver, Colorado
What your firm does now and its plans for the future? TO Design is celebrating its 25th anniversary and provides landscape architecture and civil engineering services for municipal and private clients. I have a personal passion for historic park renovation. Our firm plans to maintain our strong focus on quality and client service in the future.
Hobbies: Kayaking, running, hiking, painting, and reading
Favorite novel: The Catcher in the Rye, The Fountainhead, The Prophet
Favorite film: The Outlaw Josie Wales
Keys to success: Get up early. Believe.
Person(s) you most admire (outside of family): Frederick Law Olmsted, Sr.; Thomas Jefferson
If you had to choose a different profession, what would it be? Photographer