Community

When people think about school construction projects, classrooms, athletic facilities, and cafeterias often come to mind. Yet one of the most important facilities on any campus is one student may never step inside—a transportation center.

Heavy rainstorms. Record-breaking heat. Stronger winds. More frequent flooding. Extreme weather is no longer something communities prepare for once in a generation—it's becoming a regular part of planning, designing, and maintaining public facilities.

When you work at HUNT, your work becomes part of the places people live, learn, work, and gather.

Construction is officially underway on a new market-rate housing community directly across from HUNT’s Horseheads office on Daniel Zenker Drive — giving our team a front-row seat to watch a project move from planning into reality.

For many school districts, summer is often viewed as the season for construction. Classrooms are empty, schedules are flexible, and work can happen with minimal disruption to students and staff.

For more than 50 years, HUNT has helped municipalities, school districts, higher education institutions, and private organizations secure funding that transforms ideas into impactful community projects. Between 2021 and 2024 alone, HUNT helped communities obtain $128 million through 86 grant programs, leveraging $317 million in infrastructure improvements. HUNT’s grant services enable these essential projects, improving residents’ quality of life.

Communities today face increasingly complex challenges — from aging infrastructure and stormwater management to environmental compliance, flood mitigation, and advanced mapping needs. To better support these evolving demands, HUNT continues to expand its multidisciplinary capabilities, delivering more specialized expertise while maintaining the responsive, community-focused approach clients have trusted for decades.