Winchester Avenue Article Receives National ASHE Award

Palmer Engineering is proud to share that the article featuring our Winchester Avenue project in Ashland, Kentucky received the 1st Place Champion Award in the American Society of Highway Engineers (ASHE) “Scanner Article of the Year” (SAY) Awards.

Photo L to R: Stephen Sewell, PE, PTOE - Palmer Engineering President; Josh Coburn, PE, PTOE; and Kevin Damron, PE and ASHE Bluegrass President.

The award was presented at the 2026 ASHE National Conference in Washington, D.C., where Kevin Damron, PE, of Palmer Engineering and President of the ASHE Bluegrass Section, accepted the honor on behalf of the project team.

Written by Josh Coburn, the award-winning article, Winchester Avenue Reimagined: A Model for Downtown Revitalization, details the Winchester Avenue project and can be read here.

Palmer Engineering is honored to receive this recognition and congratulates everyone involved in this transformative project.