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First Look at the Auburn Welcome Center

The City of Auburn, in partnership with the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation (NYSOPRHP), unveiled the plans for a new Regional Welcome Center at a public meeting on May 16, 2017.  The welcome center will include exhibitions, a community room, retail space for a Taste NY shop featuring local products, […]

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Preliminary Scoping Statement for North Ridge Wind Farm Submitted

EDR is excited to announce the completion of the North Ridge Wind Farm Preliminary Scoping Statement (PSS), which was submitted to the Department of Public Service (DPS) on May 4, 2017. The North Ridge Wind Farm is a proposed 100 megawatt (MW) wind farm located in the Towns of Hopkinton and Parishville, St. Lawrence County, […]

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Welcome, Dan, Kristina, Robert, & Simon!

Spring is officially here, and with that we welcome some new members to the EDR Team! Dan McCormick, RLA (lower left) has joined  EDR as a Project Manager in our Site Design Studio  at our Rochester office. Dan received his Bachelor of Science in Natural Resource Management from Cornell University followed by his Master of […]

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Welcome, Shelby & Philip!

We are thrilled to welcome Shelby Zemken (left) and Philip Rizza (Right) to our ever-growing and talented team at EDR. Shelby Zemken  recently joined EDR as an Environmental Analyst in our Environmental Group.  Shelby received his International Master of Environmental Science from the University of Cologne, and his Bachelor of Environmental Science from SUNY Oneonta. […]

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EDR wins 2 ASLA Awards

EDR is proud to announce that the Niagara Falls Underground Railroad Commission, the City of Niagara Falls, a Private Client in Skaneateles, NY, and our firm were honored by the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) New York State Upstate Chapter at their annual awards program ceremony held Friday, February 3, 2017 at Sky Armory […]

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EDR Assists the Jamestown Downtown Revitalization Initiative with $10M Transformation

EDR is honored to have been a part of the consultant team assisting the City of Jamestown with creating the Strategic Investment Plan under New York State’s Downtown Revitalization Initiative (DRI). Once the plan is submitted, state officials will analyze the 12 projects in Jamestown’s DRI plan to determine the projects that will be selected […]

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EDR on Capitol Hill

On February 15th and 16th, EDR Principal Ben Brazell attended AWEA’s Wind Power on Capitol Hill. Along with other industry representatives, Ben met with multiple Congressional Members in both the House and Senate to discuss the benefits of wind power and renewable energy.  The following is a brief summary of the benefits discussed on Capitol […]

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Zoning Update

ReZone Syracuse Public Meetings

EDR has been proud to support the efforts of the City of Syracuse as it embarks on its first comprehensive revision of the citywide zoning ordinance for the first time in 50 years!  The original ordinance, first adopted in 1922, was last overhauled in 1967 – much has changed since then in terms of land […]

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