Mary Completes Fourth TourDeRidge

May 2009 -- After bicycling from the Great Smokey Mountains National Park (NC) to the Shenandoah National Park (VA) Mary Hutchinson wonders if there is not an easier way to see the Blue Ridge and Appalachian Mountains? After 11-days, 510+ miles and 49,000 ft of climbing and 49,000 ft of downhills - Mary says anything in life is doable. She is reminded of her old alma mater in Australia "Nil magnum nisi bonum" (Nothing is great unless it is good). It was Hutchinson's fourth bicycle tour along America's Most Scenic Road -- the Blue Ridge Parkway, the longest National Park in the world.

Mapping for Exeter Comprehensive Community Plan 2009

March 2009 -- MPS will provide GIS mapping services to the Exeter Planning Board in support of the Town of Exeter Comprehensive Community Plan update. MPS provided similar support in 2004.

Pre-qualified for Massachusetts DHCD's Neighborhood Revitalization Program

December 2008 -- MPS, in conjunction with William Scanlan, AICP, wins pre-qualification for the MA Department of Housing & Community Development's Neighborhood Revitalization Program. The program is aimed at urban communities and distressed neighborhoods, with an emphasis on planning for neighborhood revitalization and housing opportunities.

Newport Harbor Parcel / Parking Utilization Study, Newport, RI

November 2008 -- The Newport County Chamber of Commerce has engaged Youngken Associates, Inc. and MPS to undertake a detailed Parcel and Parking Utilization Study for the Harborfront area. A detailed GIS database for parking and land use is enabling decision-makers to readily identify parking "hot spots" and analyze future planning and development scenarios.

GIS Development, Tiverton, RI

June 2008 -- MPS has been contracted to provide GIS Project Management Services to the Town of Tiverton in support of townwide GIS Parcel Mapping and GIS Website development. MPS will develop GIS Zoning and Open Space datasets, conduct QA/QC of all deliverables, and assist with the functional definition, design and testing of an online GIS mapping application being developed by AppGeo, Inc. Project funded by a 2008 Planning Challenge grant from RI Statewide Planning.

Town of Warren (RI) Comprehensive Community Plan Awarded

March 2008 -- MPS, in conjunction with Shamoon Planning, LLC, was selected to provide consulting services for the Town of Warren's Comprehensive Community Plan. Other team members include Ursillo Teitz & Ritch Ltd and Roger William University Institute for Public Policy. Support services include a GIS Parcel-based Buildout Analysis.

GIS Consultant Receives Awards

Newport, RI -- Local planner, cartographer and GIS consultant Mary F. Hutchinson was awarded First Place for the "GIS-Resource Analysis of the Aquidneck Island West Side Master Plan: Preferred Preservation Mapping Project." Read More ...