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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
Series
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
Marketplace
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
Teams
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
Announcing the Return of the CDFA Intro Housing Finance Course!
CDFA | May. 12 | Access to Capital | Bond Finance | Brownfield Financing | Federal | Housing Finance | (more)
EPA Firing 280 Staffers Who Fought Pollution in Overburdened Neighborhoods
The Hill | Apr. 22 | Brownfield Financing | Community Development | Federal | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
CDFA Signs-On to Support Brownfields Redevelopment Tax Incentive Reauthorization Act
CDFA | Mar. 12 | Access to Capital | Brownfield Financing | Community Development | Economic Development | Legislative
New EPA Grants Expand Brownfields Cleanup and Redevelopment in 2025
E+EReader | Feb. 17 | Access to Capital | Brownfield Financing | Revolving Loan Funds (RLFs) | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
NVCOG Worries About Funding After President Trump’s Federal Freeze
Valley Independent Sentinel | Jan. 31 | Access to Capital | Brownfield Financing | Development Finance Toolbox | Economic Development | Energy Finance | (more)
Maine Brownfields are PCEDC Priorities
Piscataquis Express | Dec. 19, 2024 | Access to Capital | Brownfield Financing | Revolving Loan Funds (RLFs)
Summer Sizzled With CDFA's 2024 Summer School
CDFA | Nov. 26, 2024 | Bond Finance | Brownfield Financing | Development Finance Toolbox | Economic Development | Energy Finance | (more)
Village of Newport, RI Awarded $479K for Brownfields Cleanup of Former School Site
My Little Falls | Nov. 15, 2024 | Access to Capital | Brownfield Financing | Revolving Loan Funds (RLFs)
NOACA Prepares to Distribute $500K for Polluted Brownfields
The Land | Oct. 7, 2024 | Access to Capital | Brownfield Financing | Revolving Loan Funds (RLFs)
Join Us for the CDFA FedFund Briefing on EPA Brownfields Funding Opportunities
CDFA | Oct. 1, 2024 | Brownfield Financing | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) | Webcasts
EPA Announces $232M in Grants to Clean Brownfield Sites
EPA | Sep. 6, 2024 | Access to Capital | Brownfield Financing | Community Development | Federal | Revolving Loan Funds (RLFs) | (more)
Louisville Council Approves Use of $1M Grant for Brownfield Projects
WLKY.com | Sep. 5, 2024 | Brownfield Financing | Energy Finance | Revolving Loan Funds (RLFs)
CDFA Upcoming Events
SSBCI Coalition Meeting - Virtual
CDFA Food Systems Finance Webinar Series: Leveraging Federal Support Tools for Food Systems Investment
Intro Housing Finance Course
June 25-26, 2025
Daily: 12:00 - 5:00 PM Eastern

SSBCI Coalition Meeting - Virtual
CDFA-TEDC Webinar: Harnessing PACE Financing to Empower a Resilient Future
CDFA-Bricker Graydon Webinar Series: Strategies for Housing Project Funding
SSBCI Coalition Meeting - Virtual
CDFA Summer Institute
CDFA Summer Institute: Fundamentals of Economic Development Finance Course
August 4, 2025
11:00 AM - 5:00 PM Eastern

CDFA Summer Institute: Intro Bond Finance Course
August 5, 2025
11:00 AM - 5:00 PM Eastern

CDFA Summer Institute: Intro Revolving Loan Fund Course
August 6, 2025
11:00 AM - 5:00 PM Eastern

CDFA Summer Institute: Intro Tax Increment Finance Course
August 7, 2025
11:00 AM - 5:00 PM Eastern

CDFA Summer Institute: Intro Tax Credit Finance Course
August 8, 2025
11:00 AM - 5:00 PM Eastern

SSBCI Coalition Meeting - Virtual
CDFA-Bricker Graydon Webinar Series: Special Assessments and TIF for Mixed-Use Projects
SSBCI Coalition Meeting - Virtual
CDFA Food Systems Finance Webinar Series: Revitalizing Communities Through Food Systems Redevelopment
CDFA National Development Finance Summit
San Juan, PR
October 8-10, 2025

SSBCI Coalition Meeting - Virtual
Intro Tax Increment Finance Course
November 18-19, 2025
Daily: 12:00 - 5:00 PM Eastern

Advanced Tax Increment Finance Course
November 20, 2025
11:00 AM - 5:00 PM Eastern

SSBCI Coalition Meeting - Virtual
CDFA Food Systems Finance Webinar Series: Evaluating Success: Exploring Key Partnerships and Frameworks for Food Systems Financing
CDFA-Bricker Graydon Webinar Series: Unlocking the Power of Public-Private Partnerships
SSBCI Coalition Meeting - Virtual
Advanced Bond Finance Course
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Daily: 12:00 - 5:00 PM Eastern

Intro Bond Finance Course
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Daily: 12:00 - 5:00 PM Eastern

Intro Brownfields Finance Course
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Daily: 12:00 - 5:00 PM Eastern

Intro Energy & Water Finance WebCourse
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Daily: 12:00 - 5:00 PM Eastern

Intro Federal Finance Course
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Daily: 12:00 - 5:00 PM Eastern

Intro Food Systems Finance Course
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Daily: 12:00 - 5:00 PM Eastern

Intro Infrastructure Finance Course

Daily: 12:00 - 5:00 PM Eastern

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

Intro Public-Private Partnership (P3) Finance Course
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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

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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.