June 2012 Guiding Eyes for the Blind partnered with DTS in a project to completely renovate and enhance the exterior landscape of the school’s White Plains Training Center.  The firm’s staff and partners contributed the design plans, plants, mulch and muscle to create an inviting and welcoming entrance to the Center.  Sue Dishart, Guiding Eyes Vice President of Marketing and Development said, “We are so proud of the work we do at Guiding Eyes.  Thanks to the tremendous support from Divney Tung Schwalbe, we can now be proud of this building and its beautiful landscape.  They have truly made a difference for our clients and staff.”  For more information on Guiding Eyes for the Blind, click here. May 2012 Westchester’s Ridge Hill and its Civil Engineer Divney Tung Schwalbe received the Empire State Award for Site Development of the Year from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Lower Hudson Valley Branch at its Annual Awards Dinner on May 10th.  Ridge Hill is a 1.3 million square feet mixed-use lifestyle center that recently opened on an 84-acre site in Yonkers, New York. DTS’s engineering responsibilities included 2.7 miles of public and private roads, over 10 miles of water, sanitary and stormwater lines, and nearly 5 million gallons of stormwater treatment capacity. For more information on Westchester’s Ridge Hill, click here. For more information on the Westchester / Putnam chapter of the ASCE, click here.

February 2012
Divney Tung Schwalbe and Westchester’s Ridge Hill was named “Project of the Year” at the Annual Engineers Week Awards Dinner on February 24, 1012 by the Westchester / Putnam Chapter of the New York State Society of Professional Engineers. Ridge Hill is a 1.3 million square feet mixed-use lifestyle center that recently opened on an 84-acre site in Yonkers, New York. DTS’s engineering responsibilities included 2.7 miles of public and private roads, over 10 miles of water, sanitary and stormwater lines, and nearly 5 million gallons of stormwater treatment capacity. For more information on Westchester’s Ridge Hill, click here. For more information on the Westchester / Putnam chapter of the NYSSPE, click here.

December 2011
Sustainability and Development
J. Michael Divney was a panelist at the Pace Land Use Law Center’s 2011 conference which focused on “Sustainable Development in Tough Economic Times.” The day-long conference was attended by more than 200 attorneys, planners, and business and municipal leaders who explored ways to promote and proceed with sustainable development in the Hudson Valley despite daunting economic realities. For more information on the conference and the Land Use Law Center, click here.

November 2011
It’s Not So Hard Being Green
Andrew Tung, joined by fellow LEED Accredited Professionals Armand Quadrini (ksqarchitects.com) and Patrick Lynch (olace.com), conducted a workshop on It’s Not So Hard Being Green - Sustainable Facilities Planning for Nonprofits, as a part of this fall’s United Way - Pace University Wilson Center Not-for-Profit Management Center course offerings. For more information, click here.

October 2011
Restored Wetland and Pond Serve as Outdoor Classroom
DTS Partner Jerry Schwalbe and Associate Donna Maiello visited with science students and teachers at the Mildred E. Strang Middle School in Yorktown to describe the stormwater and habitat restoration project that had recently been completed just outside the school’s front door. The collaborative effort of DTS’s engineers and landscape architects included basin and stream bank stabilization, removal of invasive plants, pond dredging and shelf creation, and revegetation of wetland, buffer and pond edge areas to reduce erosion and diversify wildlife habitat. Students from various classes received a guided tour of the project, which will also serve as an outdoor classroom and living laboratory. For more information, see the Yorktown Central School District “Green Gateway” to Sustainability Education

October 2011
Ridge Hill Water System Wins Acclaim
The City of Yonkers received a Water System Advancement Award from the Westchester Water Works Conference for the water distribution system at Forest City Ratner’s Ridge Hill development in Yonkers, New York. On-site water system design and coordination was provided by Divney Tung Schwalbe. National and specialty retailers, a multiplex cinema, medical office facilities and residential buildings began to open at the 1.2 million regional mixed-use center in the summer of 2011. For more on Ridge Hill, click here.

September 2011
Sustainable Playland Proposal Selected as Finalist 
The Westchester County Citizens Committee charged with reviewing the proposals submitted in March to “reinvent Playland Park for the 21st century” issued its detailed report and recommended Sustainable Playland’s proposal as one of three of the 12 submitted that were responsive to the RFP criteria and deserving of further review. Divney Tung Schwalbe is a member of the consultant team that helped to develop the Sustainable Playland community-based plan to restore the historical and environmental integrity of Playland Park with increased open space and access to the Long Island Sound shoreline. For the full committee report, click here. For more on Sustainable Playland and its proposal, click here.

June 2011
DTS recognized by Westchester Green Business Challenge
Divney Tung Schwalbe was recognized as a top participant by the Westchester Green Business Challenge at its first annual event at the Jacob Burns Media Arts Lab on June 15th. The Green Business Challenge is a friendly competition open to all businesses in Westchester County to encourage environmental sustainability in all aspects of business planning and operations. To learn more about the Challenge and to sign up your business, click here.

May 2011
Divney Tung Schwalbe Receives Inaugural "Y" Planner Award
At a May 3rd luncheon, Yonkers Mayor Philip Amicone awarded Divney Tung Schwalbe the inaugural “Y” Planner Award for its work on the Ridge Hill Village project. 
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May 2011
DTS Staff Plans and Plants White Plains Hospital Garden
In celebration of Earth Month, Divney Tung Schwalbe contributed both the design plans and the planting muscle for a new arrival garden at the Davis Avenue entrance to White Plains Hospital. 
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May 2011
DTS at Sisters of Divine Compassion Sustainability Conference
Divney Tung Schwalbe partner Jerry Schwalbe and Associate Maria Alfaro served as tour guides for the firm’s green sitework and stormwater measures on the Good Counsel Campus in White Plains during the “Going Green: Moral Imperative and Balancing Act” conference.
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May 2011
Partner Jerry Schwalbe at Westchester/Fairfield Think Tank
Divney Tung Schwalbe partner Jerry Schwalbe participated as a panelist at the Society for Marketing Professionals (SMPS) Westchester and Construction Institute May program at the University of Connecticut in Stamford, Connecticut. 
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February 2011
Divney Tung Schwalbe joins Sustainable Playland
Divney Tung Schwalbe has joined the Sustainable Playland Inc. (SPI) planning team that is formulating a response to Westchester County’s RFP regarding the future of Playland Park in Rye, New York.
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February 2011
Andrew Tung & Donna Maiello at March Land Use Training Institute
DTS Partner Andrew Tung will be presenting the site engineering components
of “Planning Board Basics” at the March 16th session of this year’s Westchester Municipal Planning Federation (WMPF) Land Use Training Institute to be held at the Pace University Lubin Graduate Center in White Plains.
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Fall 2010
DTS partners spread the word about Intelligence Land Use
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June 2010
J. Michael Divney Named Chairman of White Plains Hospital Center Board of Directors
Well-Known White Plains Resident and Professional Engineer/Planner Has Been Long-Time Supporter of Hospital
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WMPF

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April 2010
Divney Tung Schwalbe Wins Westchester’s Most Prestigious Business Award
The Business Council of Westchester Honors Divney Tung Schwalbe for Small Business Success
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CELF

March 2010
Astorino Names Business Leaders to Economic Advisory Council
Westchester County Executive Robert Astorino appoints DTS Partner Andrew Tung to County Economic Advisory Council
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March 2010
White Plains Sustainability & Environmental Enhancement Committee
DTS Partner Michael Divney has been named a Steering Committee member of the White Plains Sustainability & Environmental Committee (SEEC), which is being chaired by City Councilman Dennis Power.  SEEC’s mission is “to improve the environmental footprint of White Plains in a realistic and thoughtful manner to sustain a quality of life which is responsible, cost-effective and healthy.”  The committee will “strive for a balance of what can be achieved now and what can be planned for when fiscal realities improve” to promote conservation and sustainability in areas such as Energy, Waste Reduction, Transportation, Land Use and Water Management.

January 2010
Habitat for Humanity
On January 18, 2010, DTS staff joined with volunteers from schools, churches and other community groups to work at various Habitat for Humanity building sites in Westchester as a part of Martin Luther King Week.  DTS helped with interior and exterior activities at the Howard Avenue “flood house” in Mamaroneck, which is being reconstructed in a flood proof, wind proof, and “green” manner to replace a home that was extensively damaged by the April 2007 flooding of the Mamaroneck River.
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