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MICHELLE E. MADZELAN, P.E., FASCE – CPEWC 2023 ENGINEER OF THE YEAR

ELA Group, Inc., Engineers and Landscape Architects, of Lititz, State College and Butler, PA proudly announces and congratulates Michelle E. Madzelan, P.E., FASCE, Senior Transportation Manager in the Traffic and Transportation Services Division, for being selected by the Central Pennsylvania Engineers Week Council (CPEWC) to receive the 2023 Engineer of the Year Award.

Michelle, a resident of York, graduated from the University of Dayton (OH) in 1998, with a B.S. in Civil Engineering. She is a registered Professional Engineer in PA, MD, and VA. Madzelan serves as the Current Events Committee Co-Chair for the CPEWC and served as past Council Chair.

She is a current Fellow Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers,

ELA GROUP, INC. PROMOTES THOMAS W. DEVENNEY, P.E. TO DIRECTOR: WATER/WASTEWATER ENGINEERING

ELA Group, Inc., Engineers and Landscape Architects, of Lititz, State College and Butler, PA promotes Thomas W. Devenney, P.E. of Lancaster to Director: Water/Wastewater Engineering. Devenney will be overseeing and coordinating the Water/Wastewater Engineering Department’s efforts and continue his responsibilities for water and wastewater engineering design and project management.

Devenney completed a Water Resources Engineering Internship with ELA and then joined the firm in 2018 after graduating from The Pennsylvania State University in 2017 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Systems Engineering. He also received an Engineer-In-Training certification that same year. After becoming a licensed Professional Engineer in 2022, he was promoted to Project Manager.

We are honored to have him now serve us and our clients as Director: Water/Wastewater Engineering,

ELA GROUP, INC. TRANSITIONS TO EMPLOYEE-OWNED

ELA Group, Inc., (ELA) is pleased to announce it has completed the transaction to become 100% employee-owned through its newly formed Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP).

The firm, founded in Lititz in 1996 with offices in State College and Butler, PA, provides a wide range of Engineering and Landscape Architecture solutions to both the public and private sectors.

With this transition, ELA has joined the growing list of companies whose employees are stakeholders in the success of the business.

According to the National Center for Employee Ownership, as of 2022 there are roughly 6,500 employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs) covering almost 14 million participants. ESOPs motivate employees, increase productivity,

LITTLE CONESTOGA BLUE/GREEN CORRIDOR: COLLABORATION ACROSS BORDERS

European settlement of Penn’s Woods brought with it the timbering of those woods, the building of homes and settlements, and the landscape of agriculture. In support of agricultural production, our earliest Pennsylvanians also re-routed creeks and rivers, harnessing their power behind low-head dams in order to mill grain and feed the Colonies. As the structure of communities took shape, these same creeks and rivers often formed the borders of the Commonwealth’s counties, townships, cities, boroughs, and villages.

As colonization gave way to western expansion and the building of a nation, the landforms of urban and suburban development flourished and many of the mills disappeared; however, the lasting footprint of their infrastructure remains. Centuries’ worth of “legacy sediments,” trapped behind this network of dams,

CHERYL L. LOVE NAMED “WOMAN OF INFLUENCE”

Cheryl Love, RLA, does not seek out the limelight, but it found her as she and other “Women of Influence” were honored at the Central Penn Business Journal Awards Banquet. The awards are based on experience, integrity and leadership.
Love was chosen as a “Woman of Influence” based on her work as a Landscape Architect and Land Planner, and for her volunteer work with ACE Mentoring program.

Love, a Registered Landscape Architect (RLA), is the lone female partner at ELA Group, Inc., an Engineering and Landscape Architecture firm with three offices in Pennsylvania.

Nominated by her supervisor, Love was described as “A gifted Landscape Architect with passion and energy for making the community great,

ELA GROUP REPRESENTED at VETERANS HONOR PARK DEDICATION

On a sunny, Sunday afternoon, the Veterans Honor Park of Lancaster County was dedicated and opened to the public. Six years of planning, fundraising and many hours of donated work came to fruition at the ceremony in Warwick Township, on June 9th, 2019.

Grant Hummer, President Emeritus, and Jason Best, RLA, represented ELA Group, Inc. at the ceremony. As the Warwick Township Engineer, Hummer has been involved with the park since its inception.

Several ELA Group employees donated time on various aspects of the park. George Smith III, P.E. prepared the stormwater analysis, Tyler Hill, P.E. prepared the erosion and sediment control plans, and Jason Best, RLA prepared the engineered site construction drawings based on hand-drawn sketches received from the designer,

GRINESTAFF JOINS ELA GROUP

ELA Group Inc. is happy to announce the recent addition of a new team member!

Kyle Grinestaff, of Leola, PA, joined the team as a Landscape Architectural Designer. Grinestaff earned his Bachelor of Science Degree in Landscape Architecture from Delaware Valley University. A Lancaster County native, Grinestaff also attended Millersville University and graduated from Conestoga Valley High School. He brings on-site design and construction experience to his new position.