On Thursday, October 24th, LaBella Associates and the Southern Tier 8 Regional Board presented an educational forum as part of the Regional Energy Assessment and Strategy. The event was designed to increase understanding among businesses and municipal officials about e...

LaBella Associates and longtime partner Edgewater Resources (the team behind the Port of Rochester marina, pictured above) are ready to help strengthen the infrastructure along Lake Ontario's waterfront. The NYS Resiliency and Economic Development Initiative (REDI) pro...

Congratulations to the Village of Lancaster for winning an award from NAIOP, a commercial real estate development association, for their downtown strategy. The strategy provided the Village and its downtown development partners with the vision and toolbox to propel and...

Governor Andrew Cuomo announced $34.6 million in grants to support 19 critical municipal water infrastructure projects in the Finger Lakes and 12.4 million to support 11 infrastructure projects in Central New York.

Congratulations to the three communities that LaBella's...

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced last week that the Village of Penn Yann, NY has been awarded $10 million to implement their Downtown Revitalization Initiative. Of the hundreds of applications submitted for the grant funding, the Village of Penn Yan was ultimately se...

Earlier this month, LaBella’s Principal Environmental Analyst Kathy Spencer participated in a panel at the The American Planning Association Upstate Chapter’s Annual Conference. The conference draws planners from across the upstate region together to attend a variety o...

Two LaBella Associates projects were selected to receive awards for excellence in Comprehensive Planning from the American Planning Association, Upstate New York Chapter.

Director of Planning Edward Flynn, AICP worked in conjunction with the City of Niagara Falls Depart...

The Village of Lancaster is one step closer to a revitalized Downtown. After years of efforts by village leaders to attract a project that would increase downtown business and population, a new development proposes to include construction of 12 to 15 three-story buildi...

LaBella Associates presented their draft findings to the City of Gloversville on their downtown strategy during a public meeting late last month. The presentation included short and long term goals, building reuse plans for four downtown strategic sites, a master redev...

Several changes are in store for downtown Fredonia!

The village has received two important grants to revitalize its downtown. A $21,000 New York Main Street Technical Assistance grant project will evaluate several downtown buildings for potential future reuses. LaBella’...