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The toolkit features the best financing resources and best practices in brownfield redevelopment. Get the latest and greatest information, practices, and reports on a variety of tools.
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Webinar
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This series delivers case studies, financing expertise, and trending redevelopment topics. Join CDFA, our technical partners, and experienced brownfield communities as we discuss financial strategies that can bring your brownfield projects to new life.
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Project
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Does your community have a brownfield site that needs assistance? Present your brownfield redevelopment plans to experts at our online and In-person marketplaces that can help communities identify potential resources for their project. Open to all communities. CDFA will conduct two in-person and two online marketplaces each year.
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Response
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A limited number of communities will receive on-site technical assistance from a team of finance and technical experts and CDFA staff. These visits will offer specific, actionable advice that can transform brownfields into economic assets. Communities must participate in a project marketplace to be eligible, and will be selected through an application submission process.
CDFA Brownfields Technical Assistance Program Project Marketplace
Brownfields Headlines
DevelopOhio Economic Incentives Toolkit - An Effective Economic Development Toolkit for Growth and Job Creation
Bricker Graydon | Sep. 29 | Bond Finance | Brownfield Financing | Community Development | Economic Development | Energy Finance | (more)
U.S. Senate Committee Advances Brownfields Reauthorization
U.S. Senate Committee on Environmental & Public Works | Sep. 27 | Brownfield Financing | Community Development | Redevelopment
Brownfield Sites Program to Receive $235M for Clean Ups
U.S. EPA | Sep. 26 | Brownfield Financing | Economic Development | Federal | Redevelopment
Michigan Developers Find New Uses for Contaminated Industrial Sites
Bridge Michigan | Sep. 25 | Brownfield Financing | Economic Development | Redevelopment | Tax Increment Finance (TIF)
Wilmington, DE Finishing Brownfield Assessments in Third District
Delaware Public Media | Sep. 22 | Brownfield Financing | Redevelopment | Urban Development
Highland County, OH Land Bank Board Selects More Properties for Demolition, Cleanup
The Highland County Press | Sep. 22 | Brownfield Financing | Redevelopment | Rural Development
Keokuk, IA, Aims to Revitalize Old Elkem-Carbide Site
U.S. EPA | Sep. 22 | Brownfield Financing | Community Development | Economic Development | Redevelopment
A $103M Tax Credit Could Transform a Sprawling, Empty Grand Rapids, MI Factory Into Housing
MLive | Sep. 19 | Brownfield Financing | Economic Development | Housing Finance
Federal Funding to Clean up Kentucky Brownfields Touted as Transformative
The Paducah Sun | Sep. 19 | Brownfield Financing | Economic Development | Redevelopment
New Jersey Institute of Technology Receives Funding For Brownfield Cleanup
NJIT Vector | Sep. 14 | Brownfield Financing | Community Development | Redevelopment | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
A High School, Marina and More: Michigan Brownfields Split $16.3M
MLive | Sep. 13 | Brownfield Financing | Community Development | Housing Finance | Redevelopment
Brownfield Opportunity Area Tax Credits Available in the City of Lackawanna, NY
Buffalo Business First | Sep. 8 | Brownfield Financing | Redevelopment | Tax Credits
CDFA Upcoming Events
CDFA // BNY Mellon Development Finance Webcast Series: Financing Water Infrastructure Projects
SSBCI Learning Series - Year-End Topics for SSBCI
CDFA Tribal Finance Webinar Series: Funding Healthcare Facilities on Tribal Nation Reservations
SSBCI Coalition Meeting - Virtual
CDFA National Development Finance Summit
Philadelphia, PA
November 7-10, 2023

SSBCI Coalition Meeting - Virtual
CDFA // BNY Mellon Development Finance Webcast Series: The Latest in Cannabis Finance
CDFA Food Systems Finance Webinar Series: Restoring Local Food Systems Through Finance
2023 Equitable Lending Learning Series: Program Design
SSBCI Coalition Meeting - Virtual
CDFA // BNY Mellon Development Finance Webcast Series: Financing Childcare Facilities with Bonds
Fundamentals of Economic Development Finance Course
January 24-25, 2024
Daily: 12:00 - 5:00 PM Eastern

Intro Bond Finance Course
March 4-5, 2024
Daily: 12:00 - 5:00 PM Eastern

Advanced Bond Finance Course
March 6-7, 2024
Daily: 12:00 - 5:00 PM Eastern

Intro Revolving Loan Fund Course
May 13-14, 2024
Daily: 12:00 - 5:00 PM Eastern

Advanced Revolving Loan Fund Course
May 15-16, 2024
Daily: 12:00 - 5:00 PM Eastern

Intro Tax Increment Finance Course
June 26-27, 2024
Daily: 12:00 - 5:00 PM Eastern

Advanced Tax Increment Finance Course
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Daily: 12:00 - 5:00 PM Eastern

Intro Brownfields Finance Course
Intro Infrastructure Finance Course

Daily: 12:00 - 5:00 PM Eastern

Intro Opportunity Zones Finance Course
Intro Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) Finance Course
December 8-9, 2021
Daily: 12:00 - 5:00 PM Eastern

Intro Public-Private Partnership (P3) Finance Course

Daily: 12:00 - 5:00 PM Eastern

Intro Rural Development Finance Course

Daily: 12:00 - 5:00 PM Eastern

Intro Seed & Venture Capital Finance Course

Daily: 12:00 - 5:00 PM Eastern

Intro Tax Credit Finance Course
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Daily: 12:00 - 5:00 PM Eastern

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Disclaimer: This publication was developed under Assistance Agreement No. TR-83576801-0 awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. It has not been formally reviewed by EPA. The views expressed in this document are solely those of Council of Development Finance Agencies and EPA does not endorse any products or commercial services mentioned in this publication.