Author: ayres

Storytelling Campaigns Spur Brownfield Redevelopment

By Matt Ashby, AICP It’s part of human nature to love a good story. Stories bring us together, spark ideas, and activate people’s imaginations, all of which are needed to transform an unloved and unlovely brownfield into a vibrant new community centerpiece. Brownfields often sit vacant because they are daunting and complex, easier to be… Read More »

Silberhorn Spearheads Ayres’ Transportation Expansion in West

Nathan Silberhorn, PE, has joined our team as a transportation project manager in the Fort Collins office. As a senior project manager, he will lead transportation services in the West, joining Ayres’ nationwide transportation engineering division, which has been completing projects large and small for decades. Silberhorn brings over 20 years of transportation experience designing… Read More »

Bioswales: More Than Just a Ditch

Consider the lowly ditch: a sometimes weed-choked area along the side of the roadway or at the edge of a parking lot. It’s there to catch precipitation draining off the solid surface – and too often also becomes a catch basin for discarded aluminum cans and fast-food wrappers. But here’s a twist: What if a… Read More »