Indoor and Outdoor Sports Facility Planning and Design Qualifications 2017
For more information contact: Eric J. Poreda, PLS Vice President Office: (781) 982-5408 Mobile: (617) 699-2555 eporeda@chacompanies.com
Overview CHA Sports “They are fantastic and very responsive. CHA has done an excellent job and their prices are very competitive. CHA is high on my list as one of the top three AE’s that we deal with.”
Athletic buildings and structure are where we are tested. They are where skill and expertise is honed and appreciated. Sports, recreation, and entertainment venues are where we experience. Expectations change experiences. Over decades, the athletic and recreation landscape has reinvented itself with new regulations, materials, technologies, and demands. Design expertise and perspective ensure that the latest developments foster unique and personal experiences for generations.
– Wayne Boy, PE, Associate Director Facilities Management, CHA Sports’s specialists blend high-quality design with a modern College of William & Mary perspective to create award-winning solutions that generate the most value for athletes, owners, and venue users. We provide in-house architecture, landscape architecture, and full engineering capabilities, combining in-depth site analysis, permitting, design survey, and geotechnical engineering into a single comprehensive package. CHA Sports Services: ── Full outdoor sports design ── Sports architecture ── Facility system evaluation ── Sports Master Planning (Campuses, Buildings, and Outdoor Facilities) ── Full engineering design ── Landscape Architecture ── Civil Engineering ── Full Building Engineering ── Environmental Permitting ── Survey and Geotechnical Engineering
Our passion is to understand your needs and translate them into buildable, affordable, and exciting sports facilities. To maximize usage, efficiency and potential revenue, our engineers, architects, planners, turf specialists, track experts, and projects managers champion a comprehensive and integrated project approach that caters to the expectations of communities, governments, public agencies, colleges, and universities. CHA Sports has worked on: •• Over 300 synthetic turf fields and 400 grass fields •• Over 350 track and field facilities •• Over 30 new multi-use sports buildings •• Over 40 significant sports building renovations •• Over 40 stadia for baseball, softball, football, lacrosse, soccer, field hockey, and tennis We offer planning, permitting, and design services for: •• Sports fields (synthetic/natural turf) •• Stadia •• Sportsplexes •• Track & field venues •• Arenas •• Fitness centers •• Field houses •• Rinks •• Tennis facilities •• Aquatic facilities
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Athletic Master Plans
Athletic Master Plan for Northwest Missouri State University
NCAA DIVISION I
Binghamton University, NY Boston College, MA Colgate University, NY University of Georgia, GA Georgia State University, GA University of Hartford, CT Harvard University, MA Jackson State University, MS James Madison University, VA Lafayette College, PA Liberty University, VA University of MassachusettsAmherst, MA University of MassachusettsLowell, MA University of Miami, FL Mount St. Mary’s University, MD University of New Hampshire, NH Rutgers University, NJ Siena College, NY University of South Carolina, NY U.S. Military Academy at West Point, NY
NCAA DIVISION II
Fayetteville State University, NC Fort Hays State University, KS
Brighton Campus Athletics Master Plan for Harvard University
COMMUNITY COLLEGES
Francis Marion University, SC Limestone College, SC Lynn University, FL Northwest Missouri State University, MO College of Saint Rose, NY Shorter University, GA
Broome Community College, NY Mohawk Valley Community College, NY Niagara County Community College, NY
PUBLIC/PRIVATE (K-12) Albany City School District, NY Blue Valley Unified School District, Overland Park, KS Choate Rosemary Hall, Wallingford, CT Collegiate School, Richmond, VA Contoocook Valley School District, Peterborough, NH Diocese of Arlington, VA Hotchkiss School, Lakeville, CT Legacy Charter School, Greenville, SC Lyme-Old Lyme Schools, Old Lyme, CT Monroe Board of EducationRegion #9, Monroe, CT Pingry School, Martinsville, NJ Roselle Catholic High School, NJ Shenendehowa Central School District, Clifton Park, NY
NCAA DIVISION III Buffalo State College, NY Denison University, OH SUNY Fredonia, NY SUNY Geneseo, NY Keuka College, NY Lynchburg College, VA SUNY Oneonta, NY Randolph-Macon College, VA Skidmore College, NY Trinity Washington University, DC Union College, NY U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, NY Virginia Wesleyan College, VA Washington & Lee University, VA William Paterson University of New Jersey, NJ Williams College, MA
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Master Plan of Greenwood Park in Henrico County, VA
The Steward School, Richmond, VA Suffield Academy, Suffield, CT
PRIVATE/PROFESSIONAL
Ocean State Soccer School, RI Sporting Kansas City, KS U.S. Soccer Foundation, Nationwide Young Family Property Sports, Complex, Florence, SC
PUBLIC City of Bayamon, PR Town of Bethlehem, NY Bibb County, GA Chesterfield County, VA City of Colonial Heights, VA Coweta County, GA Effingham County, GA Town of Farmville, VA
Master Plan of a Sports Complex in Kent County, DE
City of Hampton, VA Harvard Park Association, MA City of Hayes, KS Town of Hebron, CT Henrico County, VA Isle of Wight, VA Jones Beach State Park, NY Loudoun County, VA Louisa County, VA Township of Maplewood, NJ City of Overland Park, KS Parish of Ascension, LA Town of Penfield, NY City of Salt Lake City, UT City of Suffolk, VA City of Troy, NY City of Virginia Beach, VA Town of Wethersfield, CT County of York, VA
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Synthetic Turf
Don Shula Stadium at John Carroll University
NCAA DIVISION I
University at Albany, NY (4) Appalachian State University, NC Binghamton University, NY (2) Boston College, MA (2) Boston University, MA University of Buffalo, NY (2) University of Connecticut, CT University of Delaware, DE Duke University, NC (3) Georgetown University, DC (2) George Washington University, DC (2) University of Georgia, GA University of Hartford, CT (3) James Madison University, VA (3) Lafayette College, PA Longwood University, VA Manhattan College, NY Marshall University, WV University of MassachusettsAmherst, MA (2) Miami University, OH (2) University of Missouri-Kansas City, MO Mount St. Mary’s University, MD Niagara University, NY University of North CarolinaChapel Hill, NC University of North CarolinaCharlotte, NC
Towers Field at University of Rochester
University of North CarolinaGreensboro, NC University of Rhode Island, RI University of Richmond, VA Siena College, NY Southern Methodist University, TX Stony Brook University, NY University of South Carolina, SC Syracuse University, NY (4) University of Vermont, VT University of Virginia, VA (2) Virginia Commonwealth University, VA Wake Forest University, NC (2)
NCAA DIVISION II
Adelphi University, NY (2) Benedict College, SC Fort Hayes State University, KS Limestone College, SC (2) College of Saint Rose, NY Southern Connecticut State University, CT Winona State University, MN
NCAA DIVISION III
Benedictine University, IL Bowdoin College, ME Brandies University, MA Bridgewater College, VA Buffalo State College, NY (2) SUNY Cortland, NY
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Denison University, OH D’Youville College, NY Endicott College, MA Ferrum College, VA SUNY Fredonia, NY SUNY Geneseo, NY (2) Greensboro College, NC Illinois College, IL John Carroll University, PA University of MassachusettsDartmouth, MA Lynchburg College, VA Mary Washington University, VA Norwich University, VT SUNY Oneonta, NY SUNY Oswego, NY Pennsylvania State University – Erie (Behrand Campus), PA Randolph-Macon College, VA (2) University of Rochester, NY St. John Fisher College, NY Union College, NY (2) Virginia Wesleyan College, VA Washington and Lee University, VA(2) Wesleyan University, CT William Paterson University of New Jersey, NJ (2) Williams College, NY (2)
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Turf Fields at Siena College
COMMUNITY COLLEGES
Howard County Community College, NY Monroe Community College, NY
PUBLIC/PRIVATE (K-12)
Ashland Middle School, Ashland, MA Avon Old Farms School, Avon, CT Blue Valley Unified School District, Overland Park, KS (4) Buncombe County Schools, NC Calvert Hall High School, Cary, NC Camden County High School, GA Carmel High School, Carmel, NY Cave Spring School, Roanoke, VA Collegiate School (2), Richmond, VA Conard High School, West Hartford, CT E.C. Glass High School, Lynchburg, VA (2) Fairfax High School, Fairfax, VA Georgetown Preparatory Academy, North Bethesda, MD King George High School, VA Danbury High School, CT Glastonbury High School, CT
PAC Center Athletic Field House at Monroe Community College
Hall High School, West Hartford, CT The Hotchkiss School, Lakeville, CT JFK High School, Woodbridge, NJ Joel Barlow High School, Redding, CT Kingswood-Oxford School, West Hartford¸ CT Lakeland Christian School, Lakeland, FL Madeira School (3), McLean, VA North Kansas City School District (3), KS Oak Grove High School, Oak Grove, MO Odessa High School, Odessa, MO Park Hill High School, Kansas City¸ MO Park Hill South High School, Kansas City¸ MO Patrick Henry High School, Roanoke, VA Platte County High School, Platte, MO The Pingry School, Martinsville, NJ Regional School District No. 13-Coginchaug Campus, Middlefield, CT
St. Christopher’s School, Richmond, VA St. Paul’s School, Concord, NH Science Hill High School, Johnson City, TN Shenendehowa High School, Clifton Park, NY Sidwell Friends School, Washington, DC South Hadley High School, MA Suffield Academy, Suffield, CT Wakefield High School, Arlington, VA Westhill High School, Stamford, CT Westminster School (2), Simsbury, CT
PUBLIC
Arlington County Park Authority, VA (2) City of Charleston, WV, Schoenbaum Stadium City of Dallas, TX, Randall Park
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Sports Architecture
Bourger Varsity Football House at Lafayette College
Wilson Stadium at Washington & Lee University
NCAA DIVISION I
Ursinus College, PA* Wheaton College, IL* Williams College, MA
University at Albany, NY American University, DC University of Akron, OH Boston College, MA Boston University, MA* Cornell University, NY University of Hartford, CT Harvard University, MA Howard University, DC James Madison University, VA* Lafayette College, PA University of Maryland-College Park, MD* University of MassachusettsAmherst, MA Mount St. Mary’s University, MD University of New Hampshire, NH University of Rhode Island, RI Siena College, NY University of South Carolina, SC Syracuse University, NY U.S. Military Academy at West Point, NY University of Vermont, VT Virginia Commonwealth University, VA Washington & Lee University, VA College of William & Mary, VA
NCAA DIVISION II
Adelphi University*, NY Limestone College, SC LIU-Post, NY Northwest Missouri State University, MO Pittsburg State University, KS College of Saint Rose, NY Virginia State University, VA
COMMUNITY COLLEGES
Monroe Community College, NY
PUBLIC/PRIVATE (K-12)
NCAA DIVISION III
Brandeis University, MA* Buffalo State College, NY Christopher Newport University, VA* SUNY Cortland, NY Denison University, OH Emory & Henry College, VA SUNY Fredonia, NY SUNY Geneseo, NY Hartwick College, NY Keene State College, NH University of Mary Washington, VA Norwich University, VT SUNY Oswego, NY Randolph-Macon College, VA Rochester Institute of Technology, NY* Skidmore College, NY Trinity University, TX Union College, NY U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, NY
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Brooks School, North Andover, MA* Collegiate School, Richmond, VA Dobyns Bennett High School, Kingsport, TN The Hill School, Pottstown, PA* Midlothian Independent School District, TX National Cathedral School, Washington, DC* The Pingry School, Martinsville, NJ Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, NH St. Paul’s School, Concord, NH* Spark Academy, Lawrence, MA Steward School, Richmond, VA
PUBLIC
City of Bayamón, PR, Onofre Carballeira Sports Complex
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Completion Date: 2009 Construction Cost: $36,000,000 Awards: 2010 Diamond Award, Special Projects Category - ACEC of New York Engineering Excellence Awards 2010 Capstone Award (Community Impact Category) - KC Business Journal
Overland Park Soccer Complex
City of Overland Park – Overland Park, KS The Overland Park Soccer Complex is a premier soccer tournament facility also used for community soccer groups for youth and adult clubs. The project included twelve professional size synthetic turf fields, sports lighting, a field cooling system, tennis courts, basketball courts, concession and restroom buildings for each soccer “pod,” a skatepark and waterpark, play areas and park shelters, parking, thematic signage, site landscaping and irrigation, and renovations to the adjacent Deanna Rose Farmstead with new parking and landscaping. Six holes on an adjacent golf course were relocated to accommodate the project.
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Warhill Sports Complex James City County – Williamsburg, VA
CHA Sports was retained by the County to design several projects at the Warhill Sports Complex over a 5 year span. Currently these projects include a 3,000 seat synthetic turf stadium, six synthetic turf fields for soccer, football, field hockey and lacrosse, a new high school size baseball field, and a four field natural turf T-ball complex.
Completion Date: 2009 Construction Cost: $12,000,000 Awards: 2008 ACEC Honor Award Winner 2008 Virginia Park and Recreation Society Project of the Year Award Winner
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Soccerplex
Maryland Soccer Foundation – South Germantown, MD Completion Date: 2001/2012 Construction Cost: $17,000,000
This recreational park provides the Metropolitan Washington area with a showcase facility for youth teams, amateur clubs and tournament play, and is one of the largest of its kind in the nation. With construction costs of $17 million, the soccerplex consists of 24 outdoor, natural grass fields, one of which is a championship level field with 4,000 spectator seats. An arena building that houses two fields for indoor soccer play contributes to the park’s year-round versatility. Additionally, CHA completed lighting design and renovation of fields 14 and 17 including complete renovation of the root-zone mixes, drainage and grass for the fields.
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Princess Anne Athletic Complex
City of Virginia Beach – Virginia Beach, VA Completion Date: 2005 Construction Cost: $15,000,000
With a name that suggests royalty, the Princess Anne Athletic Complex has a lot to live up to. This stunning Athletic Complex, designed by CHA, features eight regulation softball fields and seven regulation soccer fields, as well as field lighting, restrooms, concession and maintenance facilities. In addition to these amenities, the 250-acre athletic complex features a 20-acre pond with fishing pier, parking facilities, and several miles of multi-purpose trails. The only thing missing is a castle.
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Regional Athletic Complex Salt Lake City Corp. – Salt Lake City, UT Completion Date: 2015 Construction Cost: $26,800,000
CHA was retained to plan and design the Salt Lake City Regional Athletic Complex. This sportsplex will consist of 18 soccer fields, rugby field overlays, four softball and four baseball fields. Stadium fields for soccer, baseball and softball include bleachers and spectator amenities. Additionally, an administrative building, 200-ft stream way corridor (natural buffer), restrooms and concessions near the various fields, playgrounds and picnic areas, irrigation ponds, central community park, and a maintenance facility are included in this high profile complex.
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Sports Complex Kent County – Dover, DE Completion Date: 2016 Construction Cost: $24,000,000 (est)
In association with Delaware Economic Development Office, Kent County and The Greater Dover Committee, CHA Sports is part of a team that provided site analysis and concept design for a regional field sports complex. The project design requires coordination with future DelDOT plans for road improvements in the area. The facility will be situated on approximately 100 leased acres of a 600 acre Kent County owned parcel. The proposed design includes 12 fields and one stadium field with seating for approximately 1,000. The facility is to be designed for the purposes of meeting the needs of the local sports community, but also function as host to regional and national youth tournaments in multiple field sports including soccer, lacrosse and field hockey. The stadium field will be designed for expansion and include associated parking. The fields will be synthetic turf and some or all may be lighted, based on budget. Several small restroom and concession buildings will be placed throughout the property. Additionally, the site development will include a building to house meeting rooms, offices, locker rooms, kitchenette, restrooms, storage, and concession area. There will also be a maintenance building which will include office, meeting room, equipment storage, material bins, fenced service yard and fuel storage. Indoor and Outdoor Sports Planning and Design | Qualifications
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Grand Park
City of Myrtle Beach – Myrtle Beach, SC Completion Date: 2012 Construction Cost: $14,500,000
CHA completed construction documents for the installation of nine synthetic turf ball fields for the new Grand Park in Myrtle Beach, SC. The design included multi-sport layout for soccer, flag football, lacrosse along with ball field configurations to accommodate all age groups. CHA also completed the detailed field grading, underdrainage system and design of the irrigation system for field cooling and clean-up. The synthetic turf fields will provide local athletes with high quality playing conditions in all seasons and gives the Parks Department optimal flexibility to meet the diverse needs of the community.
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Soccer Facilities
U.S. Soccer Foundation – Nationwide
Completion Date: Ongoing Construction Cost: $10,000,000 to date
CHA has developed soccer facility concept plans for over 100 fields throughout the United States. The majority of the sites are remediated brownfield parcels, left vacant after years of industrial use. CHA works directly with the local parties interested in developing the site to ensure that the proposed plan meets the program needs of the community. CHA’s scope of services included complete site investigations, identification of critical site constraints, meeting local interest groups, coordination with regulatory agencies, building consensus amongst involved parties, development of concept plans, and establishing project budgets.
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New Balance Field
Boston University – Boston, MA Completion Date: 2013 Construction Cost: $21,500,000
CHA provided design and construction administration services for a new lighted synthetic turf practice and recreation sports field on a structured deck over on-grade parking. The project creates a home stadium for practice and competition field hockey and is sized for lacrosse and soccer practice. It also provides much needed recreation space for the campus. The new field creates an extraordinary destination at the west end of the Boston University campus for athletes, spectators, and recreational users. The new pocket urban park is a welcome amenity to the front door of the existing athletics administration building. The landscape and dynamic façade design make a strong and engaging presence for this part of Boston University. Indoor and Outdoor Sports Planning and Design | Qualifications
Athletic Master Plan
Harvard University – Cambridge, MA Completion Date: 2010 Construction Cost: N/A (Study)
Harvard University has significantly expanded their land holdings south of the Charles River and are master planning an entirely new campus in the Allston neighborhood of Boston. As part of this work a substantial part of indoor and all outdoor athletics will be reconfigured and relocated over several years to accommodate the new vision for this growth of the Harvard campus. CHA was selected to provide full programming and concept design services for all indoor and outdoor sports facilities. The indoor facilities include hockey and basketball arenas, wrestling/ volleyball/ fencing arena, 50 meter and recreational pools, indoor track facility, full recreation center, athlete support areas, and offices for athletics. Outdoor planning includes relocating all venues and practice facilities including baseball and softball complex, track venue, soccer and field hockey venues, and tennis courts. Numerous synthetic turf fields will be utilized and spectator and athlete support facilities will be increased. Large dedicated recreational fields will also be integrated.
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Brighton Athletic Fields Complex Boston College – Brighton, MA Completion Date: 2016 (Design) Construction Cost: $55,000,000 (est)
CHA is providing design services for the proposed Brighton Athletic Complex which includes baseball and softball venues, a recreation field and a new 300 car parking garage. The baseball and softball venues share support facilities including team rooms, training, offices, toilets and concessions and the 1,500 seat baseball venue features a wraparound press box, and hitting tunnels below the seating concourse. Softball seating is accessed from an upper plaza area and features an outfield ‘viewing deck’. Both facilities include a synthetic turf surface and athletic field lighting.
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Weston Athletic Complex Williams College – Williamstown, MA Completion Date: 2014 Construction Cost: $20,000,000
This exciting project is located at the current Weston Field complex and has new venues for football, men’s and women’s lacrosse, women’s field hockey, and track and field. A new team pavilion allows athletes to train and practice on site as well as providing alumni spaces for game day and other special events. New spectator facilities provide ample seating, restrooms and concessions for all venues. In addition, the site is a welcoming and multi-use complex for the greater Williamstown community. CHA was awarded this project through a competitive design competition.
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Baker Complex
The Hochkiss School – Lakeville, CT Completion Date: 2009 Construction Cost: $2,500,000 Award: 2010 Outstanding Track Facility Award - American Sports Building Association
CHA provided overall planning and design services associated with the complete reconstruction of Hemmingway Track and Baker Field, including capital campaign graphics that were specifically prepared to assist in the development of the project. Hemmingway Track was reconstructed to a 6/8-lane, broken back configuration to meet specific site requirements. Track improvements were constructed to fully meet current NCAA requirements. Baker Field was reconstructed as a multi-purpose synthetic field, permitting football, soccer, and lacrosse activities.
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New Athletic Facilities The Pingry School – Basking Ridge, NJ Completion Date: 2017 Construction Cost: $30,000,000 (est)
CHA completed an overall campus master plan for the Pingry School’s 230 acre campus that provides for the needs of the student population and use by the greater community. Key elements include a reorganization of vehicular and pedestrian circulation patterns, reorganization of multiple athletic fields and related facilities, and development of new indoor facilities for the school’s track and ice hockey programs. The new athletic building will serve as an anchor to these campus improvements. The facility features a 200M track, squash courts, fitness center, wrestling areas, and locker facilities the building is approximately 110,000 gsf.
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House Doctor
University of Massachusetts at Amherst CHA prepared an athletics master plan for the development of a new sports complex at the University of Massachusetts Amherst Campus. Since that time, CHA has completed numerous planning, design and construction services for the following facilities through our 10-year “House Doctor” contract:
Completion Date: 2005-2015 Construction Cost: Various projects ranging from $5,500 to $4,000,000
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Softball Facility Soccer Facility Track Facility Synthetic Turf (Football Stadium) Synthetic Turf (Field Hockey/Lacrosse Stadium) Baseball Stadium Study Football Stadium Study Inter-Collegiate Tennis Facility
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Talent Our engineers, architects, planners, turf specialists, and project managers understand the integration of project schedules and budgets into the design process. This approach has produced award-winning results for high schools, NCAA colleges and professional sports teams across the US. Edward J. O’Hara, RLA | Vice President/Director of CHA Sports eohara@chacompanies.com (518) 461-7730 - mobile Ed is one of the country’s premier sports designers. He has designed and overseen the installation of over 250 synthetic turf fields as well as over 400 natural grass turf fields, many of which are located at colleges and universities across the country. He has 31 years of progressive sports facility planning, landscape architecture and project management experience, including 1000 projects since joining CHA in 1988.
Timothy W. Whitney, AIA | Vice President twhitney@chacompanies.com (978) 505-2595 - mobile Tim, who is based in our Concord, MA office, has more than 36 years’ experience designing collegiate athletic facilities, wellness centers, sports arenas, and stadiums. Tim has performed a variety of project tasks, including master planning, architectural design, project management, and project leadership.
Eric J. Poreda, PLS | Vice President eporeda@chacompanies.com (617) 699-2555 - mobile Eric provides leadership to our Norwell, MA office. He has 26 years’ experience providing and supporting site development consulting services to municipal, state, public school/university and private sector clients throughout Massachusetts. Eric is a licensed surveyor in five of the six New England states.
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