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Certified Planner, Floodplain Manager and Design Professional Jane Nicholson has joined MRB Group Engineering, Architecture and Surveying, DPC.  MRB Group President Ryan Colvin announced that Nicholson will serve as a Senior Planner and be part of the firm’s...

MRB Group Architect Tanya Reed was recently featured on News Channel 6, as the designer for the redevelopment of a historic downtown building in Temple, Texas. Reed, a lifelong Temple resident, is excited to see the potential of what rehabilitating this building will...

N’dolo and Slack Added to SmarterLocalGov Roster MRB Group, a Rochester-based Engineering, Architecture and Planning firm, recently announced that nationally-acclaimed economic development expert Michael N’dolo will head its Economic Development team. N’dolo will be...

The Four Town Economic Development / Water Project initiated by Town Supervisors and Council Members in Geneva, Phelps, Waterloo and Junius recently received recognition by the New York State Chapter of the American Water Works Association (NYS AWWA) as the 2019...

MRB Group President Ryan Colvin, PE, recently announced the addition of Johanna Lang-Bentley, PE, to the firm’s engineering team in Rochester. Lang-Bentley is a civil engineer with extensive expertise in hydraulic and hydrodynamic engineering systems design.  She...

Town of West Bloomfield Supervisor Todd Campbell and his fellow board members were recently joined by Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb and Senator Rich Funke, Cameron Sitarek of CamcoGeneral Contracting, and both Town Engineer Paul Chatfield and Architect Scott...

As the town engineer, MRB Group is proud to have played a part in the implementation of the new splash park in Sweden. To learn more about the project, read the full article on the Westside News.

Join MRB Group for an open house celebrating the opening of our Finger Lakes Office, located in Geneva. The open house will be from 4 PM to 7 PM on June 21st, with a ribbon cutting at 4:30 PM. The event is in partnership with the Seneca County Chamber of Commerce and...

Mark Bailey, Engineer-in-Training, has joined MRB Group. President Ryan Colvin, PE, announced Bailey’s addition to the firm’s Rochester office, where he will support both water and wastewater teams as a project engineer. Bailey is a 2015 graduate of the State...

New York State Law offers some prescriptive guidance about the creation of comprehensive plans, but does not actually require a community to formally adopt one. This is unfortunate, since the planning effort is far more valuable to a community’s “bottom line” than...

Mart resident Henry Witt III, recently left the energy industry to follow his personal dream: to help strengthen local governments. His new position at MRB Group will combine his municipal service and planning talents with a strong passion for developing...

“Shared services” is a term used in many different contexts, and seems to be the current buzzword in New York State in municipal management. By definition, it involves attaining some form of efficiency for those involved, through an arranged partnership and cross...

In 2015, four neighboring communities in Ontario and Seneca counties were presented with a challenge; the towns of Geneva, Phelps, Waterloo and Junius each needed to supply water to  residents and businesses in critical corridors. Area wells showed increasing levels...