Projects – Planning
Planning
Town of Olive Facility Needs Assessment
TOWN OF OLIVE, NEW YORK FACILITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT Laberge Group was engaged to prepare a Facility Needs Assessment for the Town of Olive. Recognizing the importance of understanding the condition and space requirements of its current facilities and to guide the...
Town of Esopus Local Waterfront Revitalization Program
TOWN OF ESOPUS, NEW YORK LOCAL WATERFRONT REVITALIZATION PROGRAM Identified as a key recommendation in the Town’s 2019 Comprehensive Plan, the Town of Esopus is updating their 1987 Local Waterfront Revitalization Program (LWRP). Laberge Group was retained to provide...
CDBG Economic Development Funding Still Available
The New York State Office of Community Renewal is still issuing Community Development Block Grants Economic Development funding (CDBG-ED) to support economic development initiatives. The program provides funds to projects that result in quality, well-paying, fulltime...
Local Waterfront Redevelopment Plan (LWRP) Update for Esopus, NY
Laberge Group has been retained by the Town of Esopus to update the Town’s decades-old Local Waterfront Redevelopment Plan (LWRP). We are proud to partner once again with this forward-thinking community to establish a revised long-term plan to develop strategies for...
Completion of Albany’s South End Connector Pedestrian and Bicycle Trail
Completion of the City of Albany’s Much-Anticipated South End Connector Pedestrian and Bicycle Trail Congratulations to the City of Albany, which has completed the long-anticipated South End Connector pedestrian and bicycle trail together with state and local...
Effective Government Efficiency Initiatives Begin with Careful Study
When citizens organize to petition for a town/village consolidation or other government efficiency initiatives, the aim tends to be lowering taxes by eliminating redundant layers of government. While that’s a worthy goal, and often effective, reorganizations don’t...
Town of Esopus Comprehensive Plan
Laberge Group was retained by the Town of Esopus to assist in updating the Town’s 1994 Comprehensive Plan. In order to understand current conditions and to identify and prepare for future growth and development, Town of Esopus officials recognized the need to prepare...
New York Communities: Development & Planning for Economic Development
For community leaders across New York State, finding promising solutions to foster economic development that will create or retain jobs - and maintain or expand the tax base - has never been more vital to the economic health of your community. If you are exploring...
$300,000 Economic Development Grant for Columbia County
Laberge Group successfully partnered with Columbia County to secure $300,000 in Economic Development grant funding through a NYS Community Development Block Grant (CDBG). This funding will be used to help establish the Drumlin Field Distillery in the Town of...
$750,000 in Economic Development Funding for Rensselaer County Project
Laberge Group partnered with the Rensselaer County Industrial Development Agency to secure $750,000 in Community Development Block Grant Economic Development (CDBG-ED) funding to support the Hudson River Foods Project. Hudson River Foods is a leader in developing...
Village of Rhinebeck Court Consolidation and Shared Services
Laberge Group was retained by the Town and Village of Rhinebeck, New York to study the feasibility of Court Consolidation and Shared Services opportunities. Laberge Group's Local Government Operations & Efficiency team will assess the municipalities’ current judicial...
Deep Connection between Infrastructure and Economic Development
Laberge Group delivered a pair of presentations exploring the deep connection between infrastructure and economic development for New York communities at the 2020 Annual Meeting of the Association of Towns (AOT). The two-part presentations explored the age-old...