New Faces at EDR
Jul 29, 2015
EDR is pleased to welcome Erica Tauzer to our Planning & Site Design Studio! Erica comes to EDR with recent experience as an urban forestry educator for Cornell Cooperative Extension, where she promoted the use of trees as green infrastructure for the City of Syracuse through Onondaga County’s Save the Rain program. Prior to that […]
NYWEA Workshop on Keys to Maintaining Green Infrastructure
Jul 27, 2015
EDR Project Manager Greg Liberman will be directing a workshop on maintaining green infrastructure on Thursday, July 30, 2015 at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT). The event is sponsored by the New York Water Environmental Association (NYWEA) Stormwater Taskforce in partnership with Monroe County Department of Environmental Services and RIT. The workshop will provide […]
EDR at the 8th Annual Owasco Lake Day
Jun 26, 2015
With a summer breeze blowing off of Owasco Lake at the Emerson Park Pavilion, EcoLogic and EDR engaged community members at the 8th annual Owasco Lake Day. Visitors of all ages learned about Cayuga County’s initiative to update the 2001 Owasco Lake Watershed Management Plan. We tested visitors’ knowledge of the Owasco Lake watershed, explained […]
2015 J.P. Morgan Corporate Challenge
Jun 10, 2015
On June 9, 2015, 6,989 runners and walkers from 261 companies (including EDR) helped Syracuse stage its 33rd JP Morgan Corporate Challenge. The entrants contributed to a very patriotic cause, Honor Flight Syracuse, which has embarked on an ambitious mission to transport veterans from World War II and beyond to Washington DC, at no […]
New Faces at EDR
Jun 01, 2015
We are very pleased to welcome (pictured above from left to right) Jacob Runner, Ely Margolis, Nicholas Freeland, and Allison Wetherbee to EDR! Jacob Runner has joined EDR as an Environmental Analyst based in our Syracuse, NY office. Prior to joining EDR, Jacob was a Senior Research Support Specialist at the Thousand Islands Biological Station in […]
NYWEA Presentation: Benefits of Municipal Stormwater Planning
May 19, 2015
EDR’s Greg Liberman is the Chairperson of the New York Water Environment Association’s (NYWEA’s) Stormwater Task Force. He will be presenting “Benefits of Municipal Stormwater Planning” on behalf of NYWEA at a panel presentation to local elected officials entitled “Your Community’s Biggest Capital Investment: What You Need to Know About Your Water/Wastewater Facility” on Wednesday […]
EDR kicks off Ontario County Agricultural Enhancement Plan
May 06, 2015
EDR has begun working with the Ontario County Planning Department and Agricultural Enhancement Board to update the county’s Agricultural Enhancement Plan, originally published in 2000. The project, which is funded in part through a grant from the New York State Department of Agriculture & Markets, will help to identify the critical local and regional resources […]
Dedication for the Renewed Pansy Bed in Olmsted’s Highland Park
Apr 28, 2015
The renovation of the Pansy Bed is complete! The Pansy Bed is one of the most recognizable features of Rochester’s beloved Highland Park. In celebration of their 100th anniversary, the Rochester Garden Club donated $100,000 to Monroe County for the renovation of the Pansy Bed, which has been a team effort between the Monroe County […]