Readers can now find relevant news items compiled all in one place! In our CRM Firms in the News series, we feature recent mentions of ACRA member firms and their projects across the country. Was your firm recently featured in a news article or on social media? Send it to us to be included in our next volume of the series!
- A project led by Dovetail Cultural Resource Group was featured in the Free Lance Star. Dovetail staff recently began excavations on the site of a future riverfront park that formerly housed two mayors of Fredericksburg, VA and the city’s first commercial ice house. The project will ultimately serve to “examine how architecture and landscape served to reinforce social and racial barriers in this section of [Fredericksburg] during the antebellum and postbellum periods.” Read more about this fascinating project here.
- When Desert Archaeology, Inc. conducted excavations in advance of land development near Sky Harbor Airport in Phoenix, new dating techniques allowed them to take a closer look at the history of human resilience in the face of natural disasters. Learn more in this great feature from Forbes.
- Wade Catts of South River Heritage Consulting LLC had the opportunity to be a part of the preservation efforts for the site of Delaware’s only Revolutionary War battle. Cooch’s Bridge Historic District is already listed in the National Register of Historic Places, but the state moved to further protect the battlefield and the soldiers that rest there. Teams from Indiana University of Pennsylvania also helped identify potential burial sites on the property. Read more on the WHYY radio site.