As part of the Brownfields Technical Assistance Program, This report from CDFA staff and technical advisors provides suggestions for the 127 corridor in Ponce, Puerto Rico.

The Council of Development Finance Agencies (CDFA) offers free technical assistance to State, Local, and Tribal brownfield financing efforts. CDFA and partners provide resources and expertise related to revolving loan funds, tax credits, tax...

The Council of Development Finance Agencies (CDFA) offers free technical assistance to State, Local, and Tribal brownfield financing efforts. CDFA and partners provide resources and expertise related to revolving loan funds, tax credits, tax...

As part of the Brownfields Technical Assistance Program, this report from CDFA staff and technical advisors provides redevelopment suggestions for the St. Rest Campus and Elm Avenue Corridor in the City of Fresno, California.

Presentation slides from the Brownfields Financing Webinar Series - Reimagining Brownfields as Transit Oriented Developments

In this webinar, our experts focus on thoughts, considerations and financing sources that help turn brownfields into Transit Oriented Developments.

As part of the Brownfields Technical Assistance Program, this report from CDFA staff and technical advisors provides redevelopment recommendations for the City of Pensacola's Maritime Park Marina in Pensacola, FL.

The effects of deindustrialization have been felt strongly throughout the rust belt, and Detroit is at the heart of this region. However, new development strategies have offered a way out of urban decline and decay and the Motor City has begun a...

Charlie Bartsch with ICF International looks at creative ways to finance brownfields redevelopment under tighter credit markets. The report looks at financing vehicles such as historic rehabilitation tax credits, new markets tax credits, energy...

Charles Bartsch authored this paper as part of projected funded by the Brookings Institution. This paper provides an overview of the brownfields challenge in Pennsylvania and makes a series of recommendation to build upon the success of the...

Charlie Bartsch explains the Federal financing tools available for Brownfield redevelopment in this presentation.

This presentation from Charlie Bartsch at the EPA provides information on expensing brownfield cleanup costs. Information includes a list of covered costs and an assessment of why the program is largely unused.

Charlie Bartsch, Senior Fellow with ICF International, examines funding sources for first ring suburbs including programs run through federal agencies. Bartsch lists many of the federal financing programs and discusses how they have been used to...

Charlie Bartsch of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency defines what brownfields are and how to take advantage of the opportunities they offer.

As part of the Brownfields Technical Assistance Program, this report from CDFA staff and technical advisors provides redevelopment recommendations for the City of Sheridan's South Santa Fe Business Park in Sheridan, CO.

Merit Development, of Fairmont, WV, is redeveloping the former Owens-Illinois Glass Factory into a business park. With cleanup complete, Merit is ready to undertake several other development challenges on the site including FEMA floodplain...

Inez Long discusses how the ability of the NMTC program to expand the availability of credit, investment capital, and financial services in distressed urban and rural communities makes this financing tool a viable option for brownfields...

Kurt Peterson discusses how the ability of the NMTC program to expand the availability of credit, investment capital, and financial services in distressed urban and rural communities makes this financing tool a viable option for brownfields...

The Steelworks Center of the West is planning the rehabilitation of the former Colorado Fuel and Iron Company office building. The space will serve as an expanded museum for exhibitions memorializing the history of the coal and steel industries in...

As part of the Brownfields Technical Assistance Program, this report from CDFA staff and technical advisors provides redevelopment recommendations for The City of Texarkana, AR and the Developer of the 1894 City Market.

As part of the Brownfields Technical Assistance Program, this report from CDFA staff and technical advisors provides redevelopment recommendations for the Oregon State University Campus Expansion Project in Bend. OR

As part of the Brownfields Technical Assistance Program, this report from CDFA staff and technical advisors provides redevelopment recommendations for the 453 & 501 Pine Street in Burlington, Vermont.

In this webinar, our experts focus on projects that took a health-based approach to restoring hazardous properties by reinventing them as parks, healthcare facilities, and grocery stores.

Presentation slides from the Brownfields Financing Webinar Series - Hazardous to Healthy: Financing Solutions for Recovering Brownfields

As part of the Brownfields Technical Assistance Program, this report from CDFA staff and technical advisors provides redevelopment recommendations for the former MFA grain silos in Springfield, MO.

As part of the Brownfields Technical Assistance Program, this report from CDFA staff and technical advisors provides redevelopment recommendations for the Hotel Grim Brownfield site located in Texarkana, Texas.

As part of the Brownfields Technical Assistance Program, this report from CDFA staff and technical advisors provides redevelopment recommendations for the Viet Village Brownfield site located in New Orleans, LA.

Presentation slides from the Brownfields Financing Webinar Series: Reviving Economic Activity on Former Manufacturing Sites

In this webinar, our experts focus on projects that brought back commercial activity to formerly closed factories and industrial spaces.

The cleanup and redevelopment of brownfield sites can advance a region's economy, restore local environment, and ultimately lead to permanent job creation and greater attraction of external capital to the community. During this session, the city of...

In late 2012, more than a year after the tornado hit, the TIF Commission and the Joplin City Council approved the creation of a 23-year, 3,100 acre TIF district to help finance $806 million in redevelopment projects.

Combining multiple incentives successfully requires attention to detail and often some creative structuring. Identifying program requirements and balancing the applicable incentives are steps that must be established early on for any potential...

The 2017 CDFA Michigan Financing Roundtable Webinar discusses the latest and greatest in Development Finance across the state. The webinar includes two sessions: Development Finance Current Events Review and The Michigan Bond Market. Experts, Craig...

In this webinar, our experts discuss Private Activity Bonds and how they can be used to compliment the redevelopment and cleanup of your brownfield project.

Presentation slides from the Brownfields Financing Webinar Series: Financing Brownfields with Private Activity Bonds (PABs)

Informational one-pager of services from Technical Assistance to Brownfields Provider(TAB) NJIT

The Council of Development Finance Agencies (CDFA) offers free technical assistance to State, Local, and Tribal brownfield financing efforts. CDFA and partners provide resources and expertise related to revolving loan funds, tax credits, tax...

The Prepared Workbook for Brownfields and Land Revitalization is a risk management framework for evaluating various actions that a local government might take to bring about a desired reuse at contaminated properties that it does not currently own.

This month’s CDFA // BNY Mellon Development Finance Webcast Series on Capturing the Success of High Performing DFA's featured Tim Fisher of CDFA, Paul Toth of Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority, Gary Smith of Chester County Economic Development...

The Center for Creative Land Recycling (CCLR) explains brownfields and how they work in the state of California. Discussed the direct and indirect impacts of brownfields and EPA Program eligibility.

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.

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...

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.