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Florida's Brownfield Redevelopment Program
The presentation outlines the structure, objectives, and financing mechanisms behind Florida's Brownfield Redevelopment Program. The process of designating areas is also discussed, in addition to the benefits of the program.
U.S. EPA Evaluation of the Brownfields Program
The U.S. EPA conducts a thorough report that analyzes the Brownfields Program from 2003-2008. The report touches on the financing mechanisms used and the success/failures of the program.
Brownfield Handbook: Alaska State and Tribal Program
The Alaska Environmental Protection Agency provides a handbook regarding the redevelopment procedures, assistance, and funding guidelines for the state. The handbook pinpoints specific response programs by location and touches on different...
EPA Region 6 Brownfield Report
For the EPA's Region 6 report, the agency highlights brownfield financing programs in Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. The report also lays out the elements of each program, in addition to the type of financing used for...
EPA Region 3 Brownfield Report
For the EPA's Region 3 report, the agency highlights brownfield financing programs in Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virgina, and West Virgina. The report also lays out the elements of each program, in addition to the type of financing used for...
Financing Techniques for Brownfield Remediation
Professor Nico Groenendijk from the University of Twente (Netherlands) provides an in-depth analysis of brownfield financing and the various costs/benefits. Of the financing techniques provided, the guide includes four models of public-private...
The Value of Brownfield Remediation
This working paper from National Bureau of Economic Research uses a slate of quasi-experimental approaches to estimate the benefits of brownfield cleanup by examining its effect on nearby property values. The value of cleanup, as captured by the...
Unlocking Brownfields
This report by NALGEP represents the culmination of a decade of research and experience focused on brownfields reuse. It includes more than 50 profiles of successful brownfields projects and programs and four comprehensive findings which encompass...
EPA Brownfields Area-Wide Planning Fact Sheet
Brownfields Area-Wide Planning is an EPA grant program which provides funding to recipients to conduct research, technical assistance and training that will result in an area-wide plan and implementation strategy for key brownfield site.
Local Initiatives to Redevelop Brownfields
The Northeast Midwest Institute surveys innovative local initiatives to help revitalize brownfields. This presentation provides case studies from across the country and an array of financing strategies.
Ontario Brownfields Showcase Volume II
The Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing released a Brownfields Showcase Part II, which provides an updated overview of brownfields redevelopment opportunities, tools, strategies and new case studies.
Ontario Brownfields Showcase Volume I
The Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing released a Brownfields Showcase which provides an overview of brownfields redevelopment opportunities, tools, strategies and case studies.
Inventing the Brownfields Land BankMembers only Login
Evans Paull with Redevelopment Economics and Seth Otto with Maul, Foster, & Alongi present the idea of a brownfields land bank and "revved up" TIF authority combining to create a new brownfields tool to lure manufacturing back to former industrial...
Brownfields to Green Spaces - BasicsMembers only Login
Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources created a flyer with links to valuable resources to help the general audience understand what a brownfield is and benefits of converting them to usable space.
Brownfields Tax Incentive Fact Sheet
This document from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency details the history and requirements of the Brownfields Tax Incentive. The fact sheet also offers an example of a WI cleanup project and provides links for further information.
Scoring Big for BrownfieldsMembers only Login
This document is a common sense guide for improving your EPA Brownfields grant proposal. Use this to help answer the right questions that are asked during the application process.