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Project Icebreaker NEPA Public Meeting

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), in cooperation with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), held a public meeting on Wednesday September 28, 2016 for the proposed Project Icebreaker. Icebreaker is a 6-turbine wind demonstration project 8-10 miles offshore in Lake Erie proposed by the Lake Erie Energy […]

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America’s First Offshore Wind Farm

EDR congratulates our client Deepwater Wind on completing construction of the Block Island Wind Farm, the first offshore wind energy project built in the United States.  The project’s five wind turbines were installed off the southern shoreline of Block Island (Rhode Island) during the summer of 2016. The construction of this project is an important […]

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Welcome Matt Robinson, Mickey Kopansky, and Kyle Somerville to EDR

We are excited to welcome Matt Robinson (left), Mickey Kopansky (center), and Kyle Somerville (right) to our ever-growing and talented team at EDR. Matthew Robinson recently joined EDR as a Project Manager in our Visualization Group.  Matt is coming to our firm from Landworks in Middlebury, VT, where he worked as an Environmental Planner, Associate […]

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Gustav Stickley House Foundation’s Summer Garden Party Fundraiser

EDR was honored to have sponsored the first fundraising event for the Gustav Stickley House Foundation, held at the Stickley family’s historic Pump House Property at 7 Bobbett Lane in Skaneateles, NY. The pump house is where the iconic furniture designer and maker Gustav Stickley spent his summers during his later years. The foundation is […]

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“Welcome to the Great New York State Fair!”

It’s that time of year again! The fair is set to open tomorrow, August 25th, 2016, and as many of you may have read, the New York State Fair had a $50M makeover that transformed some of the main fair avenues and the midway. EDR was thrilled to take part in the planning and design […]

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Baron Winds – Preliminary Scoping Statement Completed and Submitted!

EDR is excited to announce the completion and submittal of the Baron Winds Preliminary Scoping Statement (PSS) to the Department of Public Service (DPS) on August 10th, 2016. The Baron Winds Project is an anticipated 300 MW wind farm located in the Towns of Avoca, Cohocton, Dansville, Fremont, Howard, and Wayland in Steuben County, NY. […]

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Hotel Syracuse – A Fresh Start as Marriott Syracuse Downtown

Today marks a beautiful beginning…Hotel Syracuse officially reopens to the public as the Marriott Syracuse Downtown. You may recall EDR was honored with a Preservation Association of Central New York (PACNY) award for our participation in this iconic restoration project (read more here). EDR was responsible for creating connections from the historic Convention District to […]

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Welcome Back, Gordon Perkins!

We are ecstatic to announce that Gordon Perkins has returned to EDR as a Senior Project Manager in our Syracuse, NY office. Gordon is one of the leading expert consultants in Visualization and Visual Impact Assessment in the Northeast and is well known to many of our clients and colleagues in the renewable energy industry. […]

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