EDR assisted with the preparation of historic resources surveys to update and expand the New York State Historic Preservation Office’s historic resources inventory in vulnerable areas in order to be better prepared for future weather-related events. This is the second survey project to be undertaken by the state using Hurricane Sandy Disaster Relief funds received from the National Park Service. The project was designed to help streamline future disaster review and approval processes for state or federally licensed and funded recovery projects, and potentially assist other state, federal, local, and non-profit entities as they plan for long-term solutions for hurricane- and storm-damage reduction to historic resources.
EDR assisted with conducting historic resources field surveys and documentation, as well as with the preparation of historic contexts for select waterfront communities in Orange and Rockland Counties, including the Village of Washingtonville, Town of Wallkill, and City of Middletown. As part of this survey, EDR staff were selected as beta testers for versions 1.0 and 2.0 of the New York State Historic Preservation Office’s CRIS Trekker digital documentation application and documented 526 properties using Trekker.