Our Associates
CP&EA often teams with other professionals to provide communities with the full range of planning services they may need. We custom make our team based on the needs and scope of work identified in each community. We often team with the following professionals:
E. M. Pemrick and Company www.empemrick.com
Ellen Pemrick, of E. M. Pemrick and Company is an economic planning and development specialist. The firm was established in 2006 by Ellen Morosoff Pemrick, a professional planner with more than 20 years of experience in economic development, community planning and policy analysis. Over the course of her career, she has developed a large and diverse project portfolio that includes economic development strategies, retail market analyses, and downtown revitalization plans. Prior to establishing E.M. Pemrick and Company, Ellen Pemrick held long-term positions with private consulting firms, serving as Director of Economic Development for six years and Principal Planner for seven years. She also spent five years with the Legislative Commission on Skills Development and Vocational Education, where she conducted research and developed recommendations for the New York State Legislature on workforce needs and education and training programs. Ellen Pemrick has a Master of Regional Planning degree, with a Concentration in Economic and Community Development, from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
John Lyons, Grant and Lyons Inc. www.grantlyons.com
John Lyons is an attorney who has practiced actively in the fields of land use, environmental and real estate law since his admission to the bar in 1985. Since co-founding the firm of Grant & Lyons, LLP, in 1994, he has completely dedicated his practice to those fields.
For most of his career, he has represented a wide spectrum of clients having environmental and land use concerns, frequently representing citizens groups and environmental and historic preservation organizations. He has extensive experience in representing clients before planning boards, town boards, and zoning boards of appeal, as well as before government agencies such as the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. He has also represented municipalities in connection with land use, zoning and environmental matters. Mr. Lyons is particularly experienced in all facets of environmental reviews conducted pursuant to the State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA). He is also experienced in defending both governmental and private lawsuits brought pursuant to State and Federal superfund laws. Mr. Lyons began his career as a litigator and has developed a broad range of litigation experience in connection with land use and environmental issues, and in particular with Article 78 proceedings.
Besides his land use and environmental law practices, Mr. Lyons has also maintained a significant real estate law practice for more than twenty years. He has represented buyers and sellers in both commercial and residential real estate transactions. He has represented individuals, commercial entities, developers, investors and estate owners. He has developed a network of contacts with other top-level professionals in related disciplines such as surveyors, engineers, structural inspectors and realtors. Mr. Lyons is also a principal in his own real estate investment firm, Blackacre LLC.
Mr. Lyons is a cum laude graduate of the Pace University School of Law, which is nationally recognized for its environmental law program. While a student at Pace, he was a published member of the Law Review. He is currently an officer of the New York State Bar Association's Environmental Law Section and sits on the Section's Executive Committee. Mr. Lyons is the author of several articles on the subject of environmental law.
Rick Lederer-Barnes, Upstate GIS www.upstategis.com
Rick Lederer-Barnes, Independent GIS Specialist and Environmental Planner (dba Upstate GIS) has over a 15 years of GIS experience working in both the municipal planning and environmental consulting industries, and has worked with CP&EA for several years. Rick provides geospatial analyses and high quality maps and graphics; whether the focus is a small neighborhood or a large region and planning support from inventory and analyses to testing and editing of zoning districts. CP&EA works with Upstate GIS to provide spatial analysis, and specialty work such as build-out analysis, identification of critical farmlands, and vision mapping.
Studio A, Landscape Architecture, D.P.C., www.studioadpc.com
Studio A is a multi-disciplinary Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning firm located in Saratoga Springs, NY providing design services to both public and private clients throughout the Northeast. They develop low-impact design solutions that are based on an in-depth understanding of a site's natural and man-made resources, clients' goals and objectives, community needs, and regulatory controls. Through research, site analysis, design, and incorporation of technical innovations, each project combines these principles to create places of timeless beauty. Studio A and CP&EA recent work together includes the planning and design of a streetscape improvement project at the gateway to the Town of Waterford, Saratoga County.
CP&EA often teams with other professionals to provide communities with the full range of planning services they may need. We custom make our team based on the needs and scope of work identified in each community. We often team with the following professionals:
E. M. Pemrick and Company www.empemrick.com
Ellen Pemrick, of E. M. Pemrick and Company is an economic planning and development specialist. The firm was established in 2006 by Ellen Morosoff Pemrick, a professional planner with more than 20 years of experience in economic development, community planning and policy analysis. Over the course of her career, she has developed a large and diverse project portfolio that includes economic development strategies, retail market analyses, and downtown revitalization plans. Prior to establishing E.M. Pemrick and Company, Ellen Pemrick held long-term positions with private consulting firms, serving as Director of Economic Development for six years and Principal Planner for seven years. She also spent five years with the Legislative Commission on Skills Development and Vocational Education, where she conducted research and developed recommendations for the New York State Legislature on workforce needs and education and training programs. Ellen Pemrick has a Master of Regional Planning degree, with a Concentration in Economic and Community Development, from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
John Lyons, Grant and Lyons Inc. www.grantlyons.com
John Lyons is an attorney who has practiced actively in the fields of land use, environmental and real estate law since his admission to the bar in 1985. Since co-founding the firm of Grant & Lyons, LLP, in 1994, he has completely dedicated his practice to those fields.
For most of his career, he has represented a wide spectrum of clients having environmental and land use concerns, frequently representing citizens groups and environmental and historic preservation organizations. He has extensive experience in representing clients before planning boards, town boards, and zoning boards of appeal, as well as before government agencies such as the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. He has also represented municipalities in connection with land use, zoning and environmental matters. Mr. Lyons is particularly experienced in all facets of environmental reviews conducted pursuant to the State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA). He is also experienced in defending both governmental and private lawsuits brought pursuant to State and Federal superfund laws. Mr. Lyons began his career as a litigator and has developed a broad range of litigation experience in connection with land use and environmental issues, and in particular with Article 78 proceedings.
Besides his land use and environmental law practices, Mr. Lyons has also maintained a significant real estate law practice for more than twenty years. He has represented buyers and sellers in both commercial and residential real estate transactions. He has represented individuals, commercial entities, developers, investors and estate owners. He has developed a network of contacts with other top-level professionals in related disciplines such as surveyors, engineers, structural inspectors and realtors. Mr. Lyons is also a principal in his own real estate investment firm, Blackacre LLC.
Mr. Lyons is a cum laude graduate of the Pace University School of Law, which is nationally recognized for its environmental law program. While a student at Pace, he was a published member of the Law Review. He is currently an officer of the New York State Bar Association's Environmental Law Section and sits on the Section's Executive Committee. Mr. Lyons is the author of several articles on the subject of environmental law.
Rick Lederer-Barnes, Upstate GIS www.upstategis.com
Rick Lederer-Barnes, Independent GIS Specialist and Environmental Planner (dba Upstate GIS) has over a 15 years of GIS experience working in both the municipal planning and environmental consulting industries, and has worked with CP&EA for several years. Rick provides geospatial analyses and high quality maps and graphics; whether the focus is a small neighborhood or a large region and planning support from inventory and analyses to testing and editing of zoning districts. CP&EA works with Upstate GIS to provide spatial analysis, and specialty work such as build-out analysis, identification of critical farmlands, and vision mapping.
Studio A, Landscape Architecture, D.P.C., www.studioadpc.com
Studio A is a multi-disciplinary Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning firm located in Saratoga Springs, NY providing design services to both public and private clients throughout the Northeast. They develop low-impact design solutions that are based on an in-depth understanding of a site's natural and man-made resources, clients' goals and objectives, community needs, and regulatory controls. Through research, site analysis, design, and incorporation of technical innovations, each project combines these principles to create places of timeless beauty. Studio A and CP&EA recent work together includes the planning and design of a streetscape improvement project at the gateway to the Town of Waterford, Saratoga County.