This report provides financing strategies for the redevelopment of a 12-acre waterfront lot in Duluth. Plans for redevelopment include high-end housing, office space, and possible retail.

In this webinar, our experts focus on an effective but underutilized tool for dealing with abandoned and environmentally contaminated sites is known as Insurance Archeology or Insurance Cost Recovery.

Presentation slides from the Brownfields Financing Webinar Series - Digging for Clean-up Funds: Insurance Archeology

As part of the Brownfields Technical Assistance Program, this report from CDFA staff and technical advisors provides redevelopment strategies for the West Florissant Ave Redevelopment in Dellwood, MO.

The State Brownfields and Voluntary Response Programs Report explores the evolving landscape of state environmental, financial and technical programs designed to promote brownfields cleanup and reuse. This report provides a concise, user-friendly...

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...

Charles Bartsch talks about brownfields tax credits and how they can help finance economic development finance projects at the CDFA Annual Summit.

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 by Charlie Bartsch provides a detailed discussion of many EPA programs, including assessment grants, tax incentives, and revolving loan fund grants.

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...

Brad Elmer from Baker Tilly presents on the capital stack that was necessary to finance the redevelopment of the historic Brookfield Building in downtown Kansas City, Missouri.

Colin Kalvas from Bricker and Eckler and Paul Toth from the Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority discuss the myriad steps required to remediate the Overland Industrial Park in Toledo, OH.

Sherry Howard and Carol Thompson from Palm Beach County as well as William Loewenstein from Community Initiatives Development Corporation present on the structure that Palm Beach County, FL operates to remediate brownfields.

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

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. John White of Draper Aden...

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. Vincent Maiden of the Virginia...

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.