August 13, 2:00 – 3:30pm (EDT)
Join CDFA, our technical assistance partners, and experienced brownfield communities as we discuss the recent allocation of $3.5 billion in New Markets Tax Credit awards by the U.S. Treasury Department's CDFI fund and the significant potential this tool has to support the financing of brownfields cleanup and redevelopment.

This article from the Catawba Regional Council of Governments examines the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control's Revolving Loan Fund and its positive impact on communities and projects that are utilizing the financing tool.

The Environmental Law Portal reports that the New York State Brownfield Cleanup Program (BCP) reforms became effective July 1. The program's revised application implements new eligibility criteria to determine whether a property can receive tax credits to remediate or redevelop the property.

New legislation is creating a way for local governments to create land banks to cleanup contaminated sites in Oregon. According to the Portland Business Journal, only 35 percent of sites in Oregon have been assessed for cleanup.

According to The Hill, a bill to reauthorize the federal brownfields program has been introduced by senators on the Environment and Public Works committee. The program provides funding to cleanup former industrial sites where the land is too polluted for redevelopment.

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As part of the CDFA Brownfields Technical Assistance Program, this second installment of the Brownfields Financing Webinar Series focuses on disaster recovery assistance and highlights best practice examples, case studies, and brownfield redevelopment financing tools that will allow your community to be more resilient in the face of natural disasters.

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