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Landscape Architect Silewski Elected Treasurer of WI ASLA

September 22, 2022

Chris Silewski, PLA, has been elected treasurer of the Wisconsin Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects. Silewski is the landscape architecture supervisor within Ayres’ Development Services Division. He supervises Ayres’ Wisconsin-based landscape architecture group, delivering projects in the Midwest, West, and Southeast and providing leadership and collaboration for our team of economic development… Read More »

Ayres’ Efforts Help Upton, WY, Win Western Planner Rural Innovation Award

September 21, 2022

Ayres’ consulting on economic development strategies for Upton, Wyoming, helped the community win the Western Planner 2022 Rural Innovation Award last week. Awarded at the 2022 Western Planner Conference, the award recognizes the innovative work of smaller cities and towns. Why Upton? The Town needed a community-wide economic development strategy, and it looked to Ayres… Read More »

Ashby Promoted to VP of Development Services

August 12, 2022

We are thrilled to announce that Matt Ashby, AICP, is being promoted to vice president of Ayres’ Development Services Division. Ashby has taken a leading role in growing Ayres’ integrated planning, environmental, and landscape architecture services since he joined Ayres nearly seven years ago. Ashby brings the executive leadership experience, innovation, and visionary perseverance that… Read More »

Certified Planner Olhava Promoted to Senior Project Manager

August 4, 2022

Josh Olhava, AICP, PCCP, has been promoted to senior project manager. With over 10 years of experience – mostly working in the public sector as a community planner – Olhava has proved he is more than capable of the job with his history working on many successful projects. With this new position, Olhava will be… Read More »

Hiegel Named President of SAME’s Frontier Post

Christina Hiegel, PE, business development specialist and civil/environmental engineer, has been selected as the next president for the Frontier Post of the Society of American Military Engineers (SAME). The post is based in Cheyenne, Wyoming, and Hiegel is based in Ayres’ Cheyenne office. Hiegel has been a member of SAME for several years and served… Read More »