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As we begin the new year, we are celebrating the achievements of our team!  EDR is committed to our employee growth and career development, and we congratulate all of our staff on their accomplishments and success in 2022.  We are very pleased to recognize those individuals who have earned promotions and announce their new roles with […]

Environmental Design and Research is proud to announce that it was awarded a Best Practice award along with the City of Syracuse, Town of DeWitt, and Le Moyne College during the October Upstate American Planning Association Resilient Together Planning Conference in Buffalo for the Le Moyne Area Neighborhood Development Strategy (LANDS). The LANDS project provides […]

Environmental Design and Research is proud to announce it has been awarded, along with Mohawk Valley Edge, a Best Practice award by the 2022 Professional Awards Program of the New York Upstate Chapter of the American Planning Association for the Marcy Tech Barn. The Marcy Tech Barn project was initiated by Mohawk Valley Edge (MV […]

Environmental Design and Research (EDR) and the Village of Trumansburg are proud to announce that they received a Comprehensive Planning award at the American Planning Association New York Upstate Chapter Resilient Together Conference. The award recognizes the Village of Trumansburg Comprehensive Plan for advancing the science and art of comprehensive planning for Upstate New York. […]

EDR was honored to team with Onondaga County on the development of the Onondaga County Veterans Memorial Cemetery memorial plaza and sign. This living memorial is for the Onondaga County residents and their family members who dedicated portions of their lives to the military and defense of our nation. Since the first burial of decorated […]

After over 14 years of dedicated service to EDR, Joanne Stewart, Principal of Marketing and Communications, is retiring effective October 31, 2022. Joanne started with EDR as a technical writer working on assignments with the Environmental Group. She later joined EDR full-time in 2008 as Marketing Director and focused her work on increasing the visibility […]

Congratulations to Open Road Renewables on the recent Ohio Power Siting Board (OPSB) approval of the Harvey Solar I Project, located in Licking, Ohio. The 350-megawatt project will bring construction jobs and revenue to the area, including annual payments to the local taxing districts. Once operational, the project is estimated to provide approximately 800,000 megawatt-hours […]

Congratulations to Eolian, L.P., on the recent Ohio Power Siting Board (OPSB) approval of the Flint Grid Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) Project, the first standalone BESS approved by OPSB. Located in the vicinity of New Albany, Ohio, the 200 MW, four-hour (800 MWh) project will bring construction jobs and revenue to the area and […]