Epsilon prepared the ENF for the renovation and expansion of the Massachusetts Firefighting Academy campus in Stow, Massachusetts.  The project involves construction of a new Fire Station, administrative space and various training facilities as well as renovation of a unique training water reuse system.  This project will provide state-of-the-art facilities and an updated campus for the academy, which is responsible for graduating between 220 and 440 firefighters each year and providing additional training and educational services for approximately 15,000 individuals annually.  No EIR was required.

An Urban Renewal Plan required amendment enable the Springfield Redevelopment Authority to construct a Convention Center for which funding had been appropriate by the MA Convention Center Authority.  Urban planning, traffic, and historic issues were implicated.  Epsilon submitted an ENF with an attached traffic study and evaluation of visual and historic issues.  No EIR was required.

Epsilon prepared and ENF for proposed hangars, a roadway and tree canopy clearing at the airport.  No EIR was required.  Epsilon received a determination from the MEPA Office that certain navigational aids may be installed prior to the completion of MEPA review.  Epsilon also oversaw archaeological investigations at the airport and prepared an EA under NEPA.

Epsilon prepared the BRA and MEPA submittals, including an ENF and a PNF for the Canal Place project.  Canal Place is a mixed-use, mixed income, transportation-oriented development (“TOD”) in the Bulfinch Triangle District on a newly available parcel that was created as a result of the Central Artery Tunnel (“CA/T”) project and the MBTA’s removal of the elevated Green Line in the area.  The project includes 248 for-sale housing units, as well as ground floor retail and a 121 parking space garage for residents of the building.  The project was approved by both the BRA Board and MEPA.  No EIR was required.

Epsilon prepared the ENF for roadway improvements and the construction of a parking garage in the northern end of downtown Worcester that were partially funded through a PWED grant.  The improvements will serve a 125,000 s.f. research and laboratory facility to be occupied, in part, by Worcester Polytechnic Institute’s Bioengineering Institute as well as three additional commercial buildings totaling 320,000 s.f..  WPI’s new facility will be housed in an historic structure which is being rehabilitated and expanded for the purpose.  This project comprises an early stage of work on what is envisioned by Worcester Business Development Corporation to include 1,000,000 square feet of housing, commercial, retail and research and development space in a 55-acre portion of downtown Worcester.  No EIR was  required for this project.