OLIN’s work on Sojourner Truth State Park for Scenic Hudson Wins ASLA Honor Award for Analysis and Planning

Sojourner Truth State Park in Ulster County, New York has received an Honor Award in Analysis and Planning from the 2024 cycle of American Society of Landscape Architects Professional Awards.

OLIN has had the excellent fortune of working with Scenic Hudson through a process of engagement and design, leading to the awarded Framework Plan as well as waterfront improvements at the State Park.

The 520-acre park is on the Hudson, the site of a former extractive landscape that will transform to be a place for social and ecological revitalization—a model of resilience. It is aptly named for the 19th Century American abolitionist born into slavery in Ulster County and freeing herself to advocate for freedom, women's rights, and justice for the formerly enslaved.

Read more here: https://www.asla.org/2024awards/9251.html

Many thanks go to the Project Team!

Richard S. Roark, RLA, ASLA, LEED / SITES AP, Lead Partner
Marni Burns, RLA, ASLA, Partner
Nate Wooten, RLA, ASLA, RA, AIA, Lead Designer
Heather Blaikie, ASLA, Landscape Architect, Scenic Hudson
Sarah Pate, Designer
Kate Lawler, Visual Communications and Signage Design
eDesign Dynamics, Habitat Assessment, Stormwater, and Ecological Design
Hudsonia, Habitat Assessment
PennPraxis, Heritage Consultant
Matthew Baird Architects, Architect
Barretto Bay Strategies, Community Engagement and Economic Consultant
McLaren Engineering Group, Structural and Marine Engineering, and Permitting
Rave Consultants, Cost Consultant