This guide from the U.S. EPA provides guidance and technical assistance to localities and brownfields practitioners on leveraging resources for brownfields revitalization. This guide explores how communities can prepare to successfully leverage funding and other resources for brownfields revitalization.

The U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy held a hearing about the EPA Brownfields Program, including what about it currently works well, what could be improved, and how the program helps communities handle issues like environmental liability concerns, financial barriers, cleanup considerations, and reuse planning.

As reported by Renewal & Redevelopment, in order to fund the remediation efforts needed to demolish a former vacant manufacturing facility and clean up the site, the City of Rockford, IL combined five different funding sources totaling over $1.28 million.

San Diego ranks as the nation's worst when it comes to cleaning up industrial sites for redevelopment purposes, according to The San Diego Union-Tribune.

Tulsa World reports that a long-awaited effort to clean up the Evans-Fintube industrial site just north of downtown Tulsa will begin soon, opening doors to developing the brownfield property and revitalizing parts of north Tulsa. The Evans-Fintube site was selected for a CDFA Project Response Team site visit in 2015.

Under new legislation, a land bank would be eligible for the same remediation funding as a municipality, but as a nonprofit it would be better equipped to pursue other sources, including philanthropic donations, reports ctpost.com.

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As part of the CDFA Brownfields Technical Assistance Program, the fifth installment of the Brownfields Financing Webinar Series highlights the key features of a successful Brownfield Revolving Loan Fund and the commonalities and challenges associated with implementing this underutilized financing resource. Learn how even the most challenged or understaffed communities can implement Revolving Loan Fund loans and sub-grants.

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