Notable Projects
SUNY Morrisville - Drake Field
To assist the College in renovating their athletic facility, Appel Osborne performed an evaluation of existing conditions to review underlying sub-base and drainage, asphalt, fencing, and associated building. Our design team worked closely with the College to develop a facility that boldly and confidently represented their athletics program and worked in conjunction with the rollout of their new logo to solidify an identity for their student-athletes to rally around. The project included the replacement of the synthetic turf field with a unique black turf which is the only one of its kind in the NCAA. The field is designed to accommodate football, lacrosse, and soccer. At the inaugural game on the new field in September 2023, with the stands full of students and community members, the College held a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate their new facility.

 

Syracuse 15th Ward Transformation
Appel Osborne is the landscape site design consultant for this multi-phase and multi-discipline project that aims to revitalize a distressed community and leverage the opportunities for a new mixed-use, mixed-income community. Appel Osborne's role includes developing pedestrian circulation, open gathering space with outdoor seating, gardens, patios, wayfinding, shade structures, lighting, play areas, and streetscape improvements. New plantings include the use of silva cells and structure topsoil to allow suspended pavement systems to bridge over congested utilities. The design allows roots to grow and develop larger, healthier trees, larger tree canopy, and less sidewalk buckling.

2023 Highlights
1. Appel Osborne was named a Central New York Best Place to Work for the fourth year in a row
2. Annual AOLA Golf Classic and Family Picnic
3. 10th Annual AOLA Fishing Charter
4. AOLA Project Manager, Liz Bogart, teaching Plant Materials course at State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry as a visiting professor