This page is sponsored by LaBella Associates. Pictured above are concept plans for the Niagara Falls Waterfront Opportunity Area. The plan’s vision, developed through community input, shows how redevelopment of strategic sites were dependent on, and benefitted from, transportation access and waterfront proximity.
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Albany County is seeking qualified firms to provide professional services for developing county comprehensive plan. Please see the legal notice for more information.
Genesee County seeks proposals from qualified consulting firms to study options for improving building and zoning code enforcement across the County. The study should determine and present the feasibility of multiple strategies, including potential consolidation, to enhance efficiency and effectiveness in code enforcement for the County and its municipalities.
Mohawk Valley EDGE, in partnership with Oneida County, the Town of New Hartford and Mohawk Valley Health System, is soliciting proposals from qualified planning and consulting firms to prepare a zoning code update for the former St. Luke’s Hospital Campus. This project will support redevelopment of the site and advance smart growth and neighborhood revitalization goals.
The Seneca Nation (“SN”), through its Community Planning and Development Department, is soliciting proposals from qualified consultants to provide feasibility analysis and financial modeling for a mixed-model elder housing campus that includes independent living, assisted living, and long-term care. We also seek a consultant who can provide guidance for aging in place programs.
Through this BOA study, the Town of Poughkeepsie intends to develop a community vision for an approximately 144-acre area characterized by suspected brownfields, underutilized land areas, and vacant sites that are located along Burnett Boulevard and Tucker Drive in the Route 44 (Dutchess Turnpike) corridor.
The City of Syracuse Industrial Development Agency (SIDA) is seeking proposals for qualified environmental professional services to conduct site investigation, planning, cleanup and marketing activities for targeted brownfield sites located on Syracuse's near Eastside. SIDA was awarded a $800,000 multi-purpose grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Brownfields Program and will use the grant to hire a consultant or team of consultants to perform activities related to site planning and assessment, cleanup planning and remediation, community engagement and outreach, site marketing, and reporting.
The Southern Tier 8 Regional Board, based in Binghamton, New York, has issued a Request for Qualifications seeking a firm or team of firms to support the development of a comprehensive Regional Workforce Housing Investment Framework. This framework will guide future investments by identifying scalable solutions to align housing supply with regional community and workforce demand and unlock public-private reinvestment.
The Town invites qualified Individuals and Firms to submit proposals for contractual grant writing and administration services. The Town is seeking to contract with an Individual or Firm that specializes in the management of the overall grant process and can assist the Town to maximize the benefits of grant funding.
The County of Chautauqua is soliciting proposals from qualified consulting firms to undertake a Countywide Resiliency Plan that will improve the ability of the County, its municipalities, and other private and public stakeholders to prepare for, adapt to, and minimize impacts from flooding, extreme heat, drought, severe winter weather, and other challenging weather events.
The City of Peekskill requests proposals from qualified planning consultant teams to assist in developing a new Comprehensive Plan for our City. The Comprehensive Plan will establish community-informed objectives and guide the City in overseeing sustainable growth, enhancing local cultural identity, and protecting its natural and cultural resources. Public engagement – built on clear and consistent messaging and visuals, significant Spanish language materials and activities, and thoughtful in-person events – is critical to the success of the comprehensive plan.
The Town of Ithaca, with the participation of the Forest Home Improvement Association (FHIA) and other interested stakeholders, intends to engage active transportation consultants with the capacity to provide planning and engineering services – as well as community relations support services and agency strategic guidance – for the Forest Home neighborhood in accordance with the Town’s Complete Streets policy (April 15, 2015) and Vision Zero policy (June 9, 2025).
The Town of Ithaca Comprehensive Plan (2014) envisions compact, walkable mixed-use neighborhoods (new urban/traditional neighborhood development) in emerging growth areas close to major employers and activity hubs.
The Town of Dryden seeks to enter into an agreement with a qualified consultant to provide a feasibility study for an approximate 100-acre undeveloped parcel on Route 13 (on the north side of the highway), between the NYSEG building and the Rt. 366 turnoff towards Etna (Tax Map Parcel #44.-1-9).

Cayuga County is requesting proposals from a qualified professional consultant to conduct a comprehensive collection and analysis of market data and conditions to develop a new Cayuga County Housing Market Study.