St. Helens Waterfront: A Case Study on the cleanup and financing of the transformation from Mill site to the Riverfront District.

Case Studies Featuring Oregon Brownfields Redevelopment Projects. Featuring the City of Hillsboro and Coos Bay.

Jennifer Kanalos, the Director of Board Administration of the Detroit Economic Growth Corporation, discusses Detroit's' brownfields and TIF districts.

Development Finance Authority, Mass Development, uses Public-Private Partnership, Bonds, TIF, Special Assessment, Brownfields Clean Up, and Tax Credits to redevelop the former Slaughterhouse District into the New Boston Landing.

Christine Mackay with the City of Phoenix discusses the Phoenix Warehouse District and CDFA financing options for adaptive reuse.

Jennie Cure, Brownfields Coordinator of the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality, explains rules and regulations of Arizona's Brownfields Program with supporting case studies.

Michael Ford (Snell & Wilmer LLP) discusses Brownfields redevelopment financing solutions in Arizona.

As part of the Brownfields Technical Assistance Program, this report from CDFA staff and technical advisors provides financing recommendations for the Eagle Mill redevelopment in Lee, Massachusetts.

As budgets are stretched at all levels, it can be difficult to pull together funding for necessary infrastructure improvements. Kara Woods (City of Grand Rapids) and Ian Koffler (Miller, Canfield, Paddock, & Stone, PLC) examine case studies and...

TIF is perennially one of the nation’s most effective and popular development finance tools, but also one of its most misunderstood and controversial. The types of projects that TIF supports in Michigan is diverse, making TIF a very flexible...

This resource guide assists Minnesota stakeholders in undertaking brownfield redevelopment by providing a concise overview of some potentially useful local, state, and federal assistance programs, their eligibility requirements, and contact...

Tax Credits have been widely used in Wisconsin as a method to influence businesses to take certain actions, such as locating to specific underserved areas, rehabilitating historic properties, expanding business’ research and development, investing...

Presentation slides from the Brownfields Financing Webinar Series: Strategic TIF Structuring for Brownfields Redevelopment

Learn how to structure a TIF that eases the financial pressure on your brownfield project and how communities can blend the use of TIF with other financing tools to help bring your brownfields back into productive use.

This report from the US EPA is meant to be a guide for owners of brownfields properties on the general requirements for entering a brownfield into a state cleanup program and the process for attaining a state decision or certification of the need...

As part of the Brownfields Technical Assistance Program, this report from CDFA staff and technical advisors provides redevelopment recommendations for the Metaldyne brownfield site located in Bedford Heights, Ohio.

Randy Patterson (City of Lancaster), Alicia Miller Karner (City of Bethlehem), and John Callahan (Florio Perrucci Stenhardt and Fader LLC) explore the opportunities and pitfalls of the City Revitalization and Improvement Zone (CRIZ) prgram in...

This brownfield project in Palmetto, Florida was presented by Jeff Burton for the 2016 CDFA Brownfields Project Marketplace in Tampa, Florida.

As part of the Brownfields Technical Assistance Program, this report from CDFA staff and technical advisors provides redevelopment recommendations for the 74th & Ashland brownfield site located in Englewood, Illinois.

This brownfield project from Broward Alliance for Neighborhood Development located in Hollywood, FL was presented by Bonnye Deese during the 2016 CDFA Brownfields Project Marketplace in Tampa, Florida.

This brownfield project from Polk County, Florida was presented by Shannon Brett during the 2016 CDFA Brownfields Project Marketplace in Tampa, Florida.

The Marian Anderson Place brownfield project in Sarasota, Florida was presented by Lorna Alston during the 2016 CDFA Brownfields Project Marketplace in Tampa, Florida.

The South Gifford Road Landfill brownfield project in Indian River County was presented by Himanshu Mehta during the 2016 CDFA Brownfields Project Marketplace in Tampa, Florida.

This report from the Urban Land Institute outlines creative financing tools for smaller communities and provides several case studies from communities that are successfully implementing these strategies.

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...

Catherine Jones (Missouri Department of Natural Resources) discusses the Brownfields Voluntary Cleanup Program in Missouri.

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...

As part of the Brownfields Technical Assistance Program, this report from CDFA staff and technical advisors provides redevelopment recommendations for the Trent Court brownfield site located in New Bern, North Carolina.

Region 9 released this valuable fact sheet on how EPA's Brownfields Program can work for your community.

Many local, state, and federal government environmental and economic development programs provide financial assistance in the form of grants and cleanup funds for petroleum brownfields.

As part of the Brownfields Technical Assistance Program, this report from CDFA staff and technical advisors provides redevelopment recommendations for the Granary brownfield site located in Longmont, Colorado.

This guide to federal programs is intended to help communities identify resources available to support their efforts to promote livable and sustainable communities. The Partnership agencies administer grants, programs, and technical assistance...

This article from Schnapf, LLC examines the EB-5 program and how can provide alternative financing for brownfield redevelopment.

As part of the CDFA Brownfields Technical Assistance Program, the fourth installment of the Brownfields Financing Webinar Series examines the potential behind using brownfields as sites for renewable energy generation, the unique financing tools...

Presentation slides from the CDFA Brownfields Financing Webinar Series on January 14, 2016

As part of the CDFA Brownfields Technical Assistance Program, this helpful sheet answers frequently asked questions about the Project Marketplace component of the program.

The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management provides a list of brownfield projects and case studies and the economic impact they bring to the state.

As part of the Brownfields Technical Assistance Program, this report from CDFA staff and technical advisors provides redevelopment recommendations for the Kalispell Core Area and Glacier Rail Park located in Kalispell, Montana.

As part of the Brownfields Technical Assistance Program, this report from CDFA staff and technical advisors provides redevelopment recommendations for the Dimmick Campus site located in Josephine County, Oregon.

Bjorn Jensen's 2010 Thesis for MIT focuses on using renewable energy generation to facilitate brownfield remediation, examining three successful and one unsuccessful case study to understand best practices and common hurdles.

Craig Morrow with the California Department of Housing and Community Development presents the objectives and qualifications of the Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities Program.

Song Her presents California Water Board Groundwater Funding Programs including the Orphan Site Cleanup Fund and the Site Cleanup Subaccount Program.

CDFA's Toby Rittner presents several fundamental development finance tools that can be useful in financing brownfields redevelopment.

A resource chart from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that outlines the brownfield grants and technical assistance available to communities.

Brad Wiblin from BRIDGE Housing presented this case study of the COMM22 housing project in San Diego, California.

This report from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater examines the economic and fiscal impact of Wisconsin's brownfields investments. The study finds that state investments in brownfields have yielded a 14-fold return on investment.

This brownfield project in Fairmont, WV was presented by Patrick Kirby during the 2015 NDFS Brownfields and Rural Project Marketplace in Charleston, South Carolina.

This brownfield project in Ronceverte, WV was presented by Douglas Hylton during the 2015 NDFS Brownfields and Rural Project Marketplace in Charleston, South Carolina.

This brownfield project in Chester, WV was presented by Patrick Ford during the 2015 NDFS Brownfields and Rural Project Marketplace in Charleston, South Carolina.

This brownfield project in Beach Bottom, WV was presented by Patrick Ford during the 2015 NDFS Brownfields and Rural Project Marketplace in Charleston, South Carolina