News Archives | Logan Simpson

Sep

2020

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2020 / Sep / 15
US Forest Service Amends Rule for Powerline Maintenance and Vegetation Management
- posted in Knowledge Center, NEPA, News
- / tags: federal rules, powerline maintenance, usfs, vegetation management
Electric utilities provide vital energy services to customers. Efficient and environmentally safe powerline maintenance and vegetation management is critical to providing safe and reliable delivery of electricity. Implementing a coordinated and cooperative approach between utilities and agencies before, during, and after powerline maintenance and vegetation management increases maintenance efficiencies.
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Nov

2018

15

2018 / Nov / 15
Kevin Boesch, CPESC Earns Envirocert International’s Annual Service Award
- posted in Arizona, Awards, Clean Water Act Permitting, News
- / tags: Clean Water Act, Clean Water Act Permitting, CPESC, CWA, Erosion Control, Sediment Control, stormwater
Envirocert International has awarded Clean Water Act Permitting Specialist Kevin Boesch its Annual Service Award for significant contributions to ECI and its professional Certification Committee. …

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Nov

2018

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2018 / Nov / 14
Logan Simpson Earns AMCA General Contractor Mentor of the Year Award
- posted in Arizona, Awards, News
- / tags: subconsulting, subcontracting, teaming
Watch a video about our philosophy of working with small and disadvantaged businesses.

Logan Simpson was proud to accept the Associated Minority Contractors of Arizona General Contractor Mentor Award at the AMCA awards banquet November 10. Logan Simpson is a woman-owned business that has provided landscape architecture, environmental planning, cultural resources, and community planning services for nearly thirty years. As a small business, we have taken advantage of state, local, and federal set-aside programs to secure work for decades….

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Nov

2018

05

2018 / Nov / 05
Work-Life Balance: Logan Simpson’s Babies at Work Policy
- posted in News
- / tags: babies, baby policy, balance, work-life
Logan Simpson likes babies.

When most companies offer a family-friendly work environment as part of their benefit packages, it usually means they allow parents to adjust their work hours around their children’s medical appointments or school hours. Environmental planning firm Logan Simpson takes that work-life balance benefit a step further with our baby-at-work policy.

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May

2018

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2018 / May / 11
APWA Arizona Chapter Newsletter Features Article on Wellspring Park
- posted in Arizona, Landscape Architecture, News, Publications, Sustainability
The May 2018 edition of the Arizona Chapter of the American Public Works Association newsletter features an article on the City of Goodyear, Arizona’s Wellspring Park. Read it to find out how Goodyear plans to use a public-private partnership (P3) to help its citizens improve overall health and wellness. Logan Simpson developed the park’s conceptual master plan and created a fly-thorough video of how the park may be developed. Visit wellspringpark.com for more information or visit the City of Goodyear’s Parks and Recreation Department website.
Jan

2018

09

2018 / Jan / 09
Logan Simpson Archaeologist Joey LaValley Presents Charcoal Paper at SHA
- posted in Cultural Resources, Nevada, News
- / tags: archaeology, charcoal, Nevada, paper
Logan Simpson Archaeologist Joey LaValley presented the paper “The Beginning of the End: An Economic Impact Analysis on Late 19th-Century Charcoal Production in the Roberts Mountains of Eureka County, Nevada” at the Society of Historic Archaeology Conference this January. In the late 19^th century, mining companies in Eureka, Nevada used charcoal to fuel their smelters.

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Jan

2018

09

2018 / Jan / 09
Buffware lecture at the Arizona Archaeological Sociey
- posted in Arizona, Cultural Resources, News
- / tags: archaeology, Arizona, buffware, gila, pottery, southwest
If you live in the Southwest, chances are you’re familiar with buffware – even if you don’t know the name. The pottery, or fragments of it, are on display in museums, while modern imitations of the tan and red or brown pottery sits in every souvenir shop in the state.

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Jan

2018

09

2018 / Jan / 09
Archaeological Investigations on ASU’s Tempe Campus
- posted in Arizona, Cultural Resources, News
- / tags: archaeology, Arizona, lecture
Did you know that Arizona State University’s Tempe campus sits on top of ancient Hohokam ruins? We did!

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Dec

2015

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2015 / Dec / 16
West Central Mountains Economic Development Strategy Published
- posted in Idaho, News, Planning
Logan Simpson’s Community Planning Team facilitated the development of the West Central Mountains Economic Development Strategy. The Strategy represents the first time communities within the two-county area collaborated to develop an action-oriented, regional plan that nurtures a diverse economy while honoring the area’s socio-economic heritage. …

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Dec

2015

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2015 / Dec / 16
Second Graders Love Mehaffey Park
- posted in Colorado, Landscape Architecture, News
Lincoln Elementary second graders in Mrs. Johnson’s class recently explored a brand new city park called Mehaffey Park in Loveland, Colorado. The students wrote a book, recorded a song, made videos (see link below), and wrote a letter to the editor of the local newspaper about what they observed and learned exploring the pond, adventure playground, picnic shelters, natural areas, soccer fields, skate park, arboretum, dog park, and tennis courts.

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Logan Simpson likes babies.