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R&M Expands Planning Department to Juneau and Fairbanks

R&M has expanded its planning capabilities through the addition of two new Planners to the firm. Beth McKibben, AICP joins R&M as a Senior Planner in the firm’s Juneau office and Bryant Wright as a Planner in the firm’s Fairbanks office.

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Haines Lands $20M Federal Grant to Replace its Freight and Fuel Dock

The Haines Lutak Dock replacement is a step closer to becoming a reality. R&M developed design alternatives for the dock replacement project and wrote the RAISE grant application.

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St. Paul Harbor Feasibility Study Project Video

Hear from R&M’s Project Manager, Grant Writer and Planner about R&M’s development of a planning study to identify improvements to St. Paul’s harbor facilities to meet current and future needs.

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Russian Jack Springs Park Master Plan

R&M is working with the Municipality of Anchorage Parks and Recreation Department on this master planning effort, which ensures a well-loved historical community park is updated and maintained for the community to enjoy for many years to come.

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New Planner Expands R&M’s Planning Capabilities

Ben Coleman, AICP Candidate recently joined R&M as a Planner in the firm’s Planning Department. Ben will support planning and community engagement involvement efforts for a variety of community plans, facilities and infrastructure projects.

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Transforming Midtown Anchorage: Complete Streets for a Mixed-Use City Center

How does a city create a safer, more walkable, healthier community? Complete streets. Complete streets are streets designed and operated to enable safe access for all users, including pedestrians, bicyclists, motorists and public transportation users of all ages and abilities.

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R&M Staff Earn Professional Designations

R&M has a new American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) professional, Professional Engineer and Professional Land Surveyor (PLS) in our midst.

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R&M Projects, History and Notable Alumni

R&M celebrated our people, projects and partners during our 50th anniversary party on July 12. We had several project, history and R&M alumni banners throughout the event space.

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A New Resting Place for Interior-Based Alaskan Veterans

INTERIOR ALASKA VETERANS CEMETERY The Fairbanks area has the second densest population of veterans in Alaska, with an estimated 11,000 veterans residing within a 75-mile radius of the Fairbanks North Star Borough. These Alaskan veterans have limited options for burial in the state, both far from home. The nearest dedicated veterans’ cemetery is 350 miles […]

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Complete Streets for A Midtown City Center

MIDTOWN CORRIDOR IMPROVEMENTS: DENALI STREET AREA – BENSON TO TUDOR ROAD Midtown, once at the southern extent of Anchorage, has surpassed Downtown as an employment center. This expansion occurred mainly during the 1970s and 1980s as major shopping destinations and financial institutions settled in Midtown. These commercial land uses coexist with older, lower income residential […]

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Meet R&M’s Emily Bentti, CESCL

Emily is a Planner and Public Involvement Coordinator in R&M’s Planning and Public Involvement Group. She has been with R&M for two years and has nine years of experience specializing in local, state and federal permitting, land use studies, site planning, agency and stakeholder outreach, and comprehensive project impact analysis. Emily is also experienced in […]

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R&M Named Silver Level Bicycle Friendly Business by the League of American Bicyclists

The League of American Bicyclists recognized R&M Consultants, Inc. (R&M) with a Silver-level Bicycle Friendly Business (BFB) award. The firm is one of seven BFBs in Alaska and one of two Silver-level businesses. With this designation, R&M joins a group of 1,118 current BFBs, made up of local businesses, government agencies and Fortune 500 companies […]

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