RKG In The News

 

>>Recent News Items:

• RKG Recently Cited in Major Airport Publication
  RKG Vice President and Principal Darren Mochrie was recently quoted at length in the September 2011 issue of Airport Revenue News magazine. The feature, entitled "Assessing the Impact," addressed the economic and fiscal impact of airports on the surrounding communities and regions. Darren provided his input on the factors which drive the viability of an airport within its competitive market. His expertise in aviation-related efforts includes the completion of a variety of projects, including:

Municipal airport acquisition studies for the Connecticut communities of Plainville, Simsbury, and Ellington

Impact study of airport noise on property values for the communities of Pittsfield, Maine and Hunterdon County, New Jersey

Airport business plans for Gilber County, Georgia and Auburn & Lewiston, Maine

• RKG Awarded Project with City of Mesa, Arizona - Arizona
  RKG Associates, Inc. was recently awarded a contract to assist the City of Mesa, Arizona acquire and redevelop the former Air Force Research Lab. The facility, consisting of nine buildings on approximately 8 acres, is located directly adjacent to the Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport and Arizona State University (ASU). The facility, which served as a major secure research and development center for the Air Force, was declared surplus in the 2005 base closure legislation. The City is planning on acquiring the property through an economic development conveyance for job creation and retention, in order to maintain and enhance high level research activities in concert with ASU and private sector contractors. Jeffrey Donohoe Associates LLC and Weston Solutions, Inc. will be working with RKG Associates over the next several months to evaluate the existing conditions of the property and to develop sound market and financial plans for the reuse effort.
  
• RKG Clients Lead Nation in Personal Income Growth - Nationwide
  RKG is proud to announce that four of its client communities led the nation in personal income growth in 2010. These include Elizabethtown, Kentucky; Lawton, Oklahoma; Manhattan, Kansas; and Hinesville, Georgia. Identified by the US Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), the growth in income in these communities is attributed to the addition of thousands of military personnel to local military installations. RKG is proud to have contributed to the planning efforts completed as part of the expansion of each of these bases.
  
• Potomac River Green Redevelopment Project - Virginia
  RKG was part of a consulting team that recently completed a Redevelopment Plan for the Potomac Green River Project – the site of a former coal-fired power generating station in Alexandria, Virginia.  The plan sets the foundation to create 2,200 jobs and redevelop the brownfield site with environmentally friendly homes, offices, a museum and reconnect Alexandria to the waterfront.
  
• Second Beach Pavilion Business Plan- Rhode Island
  RKG was recently selected by the Town of Middletown to complete a Business Plan to replace the Town’s aging Second Beach facility with a new pavilion to better serve beach patrons as well as bolster Middletown’s tourism economy.
  

 

>>Current Projects:

Below are a few of our new and current projects:

Business Plan/Economic Development Conveyance Application for Naval Support Activity Site – New Orleans, Louisiana

RKG has been retained by the City of New Orleans as part of a team with Weston Solutions to develop a Business Plan and Economic Development Conveyance Application for the Naval Support Activity New Orleans “East Bank” site (NSA East Bank).  The NSA East Bank is a 25-acre property located on the east bank of the Mississippi River in New Orleans.  The site is dominated by three six-story buildings, each with over 500,000 square feet of floor space.

Market Analysis for EPCAL Site – Riverhead, New York

RKG has started work for the City of Riverhead, New York to develop a market analysis to inform a redevelopment plan for the former Grumman plant and military base known as the Enterprise Park at Calverton (EPCAL).  RKG will look at both regional and local employment and labor market dynamics, real estate trends, building activity, business trends, what types of facilities companies are looking for as well as what lessons can be learned from other successful redevelopment projects at former military bases.

Community Master Plan (Economic Development Chapter) - Merrimack, New Hampshire

Continuing our long history of working in Merrimack, RKG (as part of a consulting team) was recently retained by the Town of Merrimack to update the Town’s Master Plan.  RKG’s role in the project will be to update the Master Plan’s Economic Development Chapter.