The Syracuse Connective Corridor is a 1.7-mile long traffic calming project with emphasis on pedestrian and bicycle facilities and accommodations for public transportation that connects Syracuse University and downtown Syracuse.  As part of this project, the City of Syracuse and Syracuse University have teamed up with Onondaga County and are participating in the County’s Save the Rain project.  Through Save the Rain, green stormwater infrastructure will be incorporated into the project design throughout the project corridor.

The City of Syracuse entered the Brownfield Opportunity Areas Program in the Nomination Phase (Step 2), and contracted with B&L as the prime consultant to complete nomination studies for two locations within the City of Syracuse.  The studies include extensive data collection, land planning and analysis, economic analysis and market feasibility, programming and public participation.  The remediation and redevelopment of adjacent brownfields will assist to improve the environment, the overall economic vitality and aesthetic look of the area.

The emphasis for these BOA projects is on planning and market analysis for the potential reuse of particular sites and the revitalization of identified target areas.  Also key to these projects is the development of a community based plan and strategy with particular emphasis on the identification and reuse potential of priority brownfield sites.  B&L worked with the Syracuse Brownfield Advisory Committee to guide the Nomination study in maintaining the City’s goals and objectives outlined in the Syracuse Comprehensive Plan 2025.  The purpose of the BOA Nominations is to obtain designation of the study areas to enable the vision identified in the comprehensive plans.

B&L developed a conceptual plan for the revitalization of the Village of Tupper Lake downtown, the site development for an Adirondack Community Information Center, the design of a multi-modal linkage connecting the downtown and waterfront, and the inventory and development of a conceptual recreational facilities plan for the Village Municipal Park.  The Tupper Lake Multi-Use Recreational Trail and Transportation Master Plan enabled the Village of Tupper Lake to obtain funding from the Transportation Enhancement Program (TEP) in order to progress the conversion of an abandoned rail corridor to bicycle and pedestrian trails, a key component of the Master Plan.   B&L is currently progressing this project by preparing preliminary site design and construction documentation, and property acquisition. In addition, The Town and Village of Tupper Lake received a Smart Growth grant and B&L prepared Smart Growth Design Guidelines to provide a basis for architects, engineers, landscape architects, developers, Town and Village Planning Board members, residents and Village officials to address site development issues within the core business corridors of the Village of Tupper Lake.