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By Nicole A. Walker
Whether he was Director of Planning and Development for the city of St. Paul or
Senior Vice President of the St. Paul Port Authority, Ken Johnson has been a pillar in the world of municipal community and economic development.
As Senior Vice President of the St. Paul Port Authority, Johnson, and his team
of 20 are responsible for all facets of Port Authority business. The Port Authority has been around since 1932 and is responsible for the city’s harbors and the $12 million worth of commodities, like corn and wheat, that
leave the Port of St. Paul. Not your average port authority, it is a non-unionized organization that can
appear much like a quasi-development company in that it partners with private
lenders to offer financing to buyers under one loan. Furthermore, the agency’s entire operating budget is funded by fees, not taxes. To that end, the Port
Authority can do what the private sector can’t afford to do. The hook is that it is not looking to make a profit, but rather it wants to
return sites to productive uses so that the land is eligible for development.
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Renewal Magazine
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With the Washington budget showing no signs of a quick-and-easy resolution, federal brownfields programs are unlikely to get much of …
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Brownfields and crop development—for the express intent of producing foods—are concepts that have always been strange bedfellows. Mutually exclusive. An…
At this abandoned, blighted factory—consisting of 187,227 square feet in 21 different structures on 13.5 acres in the three…
PROJECT GOAL: To revitalize land that had been sitting idle for years by putting the property back into productive…
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Doug Scott Springfield
Director, Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
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by Jody Kass, Laura Truettner, John Fleming, and Jeff Jones
The new report by New Partners for Community Revitalization (NPCR) shows how New York State is revitalizing neighborhoods plagued by multiple brownfield sites, while stimulating economic growth and creating local jobs.
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By Jody Kass, Laura Truettner, John Fleming, Jeff Jones
Brownfields redevelopment policy in New York is in transition as the area-wide approach emerges as an innovative tool for urban revitalization. |
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by Laura Truettner
In April, 2011, New York State awarded $6.5 million in new grants under its landmark Brownfield Opportunity Areas (BOA) program, bringing the total state investment in BOA to $34 million. |
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