Category: Environmental

Redevelopment Aims to Pump New Life into Wyoming and Wisconsin Communities

The City of Cheyenne, Wyoming, is moving ahead with plans to revitalize brownfields in an area near downtown. Known as the West Edge project, redevelopment plans will start to come into sharper focus in a project that aims to deliver comprehensive storm drainage management, brownfield redevelopment, and park amenities integrated into one package, creating vibrant… Read More »

Living the Good (Remediated) Life at Carroll University

They may not realize it, but a group of Carroll University undergraduate students is living in popular new residence halls with a curious back story. Ayres environmental engineer Lynn Scherbert knows the story well: She managed the project that transformed a once-blighted, vacant industrial area of Waukesha, Wisconsin, into a thriving student housing complex. The… Read More »

Landfill-ed to the Brim — Now What?

You put your garbage at the curb, and by the time you come home, it’s been whisked away to a landfill somewhere nearby. Your neighbors are all doing the same thing – so what happens when all that trash adds up? Very few landfills are officially closed. Instead, older portions are capped once areas reach the… Read More »