Excellence Comes in Many Shapes, Sizes
Cover StoryBy Steve Dwyer
Diversity carried the day when the first-annual Brownfield Renewal awards were presented November 17 to four project sponsors in a modest-sized but well-populated conference room at the Morial Convention Center in New Orleans during the Brownfields 2009 convention. …
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Excellence Comes in Many Shapes, Sizes
Diversity carried the day when the first-annual Brownfield Renewal awards were presented November 17 to four project sponsors in a modest-sized but well-populated conference room at the Morial Convention Center in New Orleans during the Brownfields 2009 convention.…
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From Brownfields to Brightfields
Brownfield sites, including closed landfills, sometimes also referred to as legacy landfills, are financial liabilities to their owners whether they be a municipality, a county or the former operators or owners of the site. …
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Ground Breakers
David Misky,
Assistant executive director, Redevelopment Authority for the city of Milwaukee, Wis.
With work on more than 100 brownfield redevelopment projects under his belt, David Misky says balancing the interests of everyone involved with a site is both his greatest challenge and his favorite part of the job. (See the Renewal Awards feature story that details the acclaimed and award-winning Menomonee Valley project.)…
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Renewed Opportunity for An Eastside Neighborhood
CASE STUDY OVERVIEW
After eight years and more than $2 million in investment, the Joyce. A Savocchio Business Park has been dedicated and opened for business. A once blighted eye sore was remediated and now acts as a catalyst for revitalization in a highly impoverished neighborhood. Ultimately, a sense of pride and hope has been restored to this area in the city of Erie, Pa.…
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South Carolina's Future Tied to Lowcountry Brownfield Initiatives
In the Dickensian sense, 2009 was the worst of times, and the best of times for South Carolina. Hit hard by the global recession, the state's unemployment soared to an alarming 12 percent. Nationally, South Carolina became the butt of jokes on late night television comedy shows as Governor Mark Sanford admitted to having an extra-marital relationship with an Argentine reporter.…
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Industry Spotlight
 Brownfield vs. Greenfield: What Was Said
The debate about how to fund $2 billion in water and sewer infrastructure to service the aerotropolis and other proposed growth areas has re-energized the debate of brownfield versus greenfield development.…
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Brownfield News and Terry County Herald
This is a general-interest semiweekly newspaper serving Brownfield and all of Terry County, Texas....
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Trial and Error
The Case of John Brownfield and Race Relations in Georgetown, South Carolina (Paperback)
The city of Georgetown, South Carolina, is situated along the Atlantic coast where the Sampit River feeds into Winyah Bay. The early wealth of the area through 1865 was derived from an agricultural economy built on the backs of slave...
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Brownfields Redevelopment
Selected References (Paperback)
Public-sector efforts to promote brownfields redevelopment face a dual land-use policy challenge. On the one hand, government agencies must help reduce the barriers to private-sector reuse by addressing the uncertainties created by four major issues: legal liability for contamination; uncertain...
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Industry Profiles
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Trey Hess
Brownfields Program Coordinator for the Mississippi Dept. of Environmental Quality (MDEQ)
Jackson, Miss. |
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David Miller
Principal, Renaissance Property Group, LLC, a real estate development company specializing in tax-advantaged finance programs
New Orleans, La. |
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Count On It
 $270 Million The amount, this year alone, that families living in Energy Star homes will save on their utility bills, while avoiding greenhouse gas emission equivalent to those from about 370,000 vehicles.
Source U.S. EPA
 $800-feet The stretch of undeveloped shoreline that work began on to improve and restore habitat along the Ashtabula River. This is the final phase of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Great Lakes Legacy Act (GLLA) Ashtabula River cleanup project.
Source U.S. EPA
 70 percent Amount of increased performance the upgraded Jaguar XT5 to 37,376 six-core AMD Istanbul processor has over its quad-core predecessor. Researchers anticipate this growth in computing capacity may facilitate improved climate predictions, and fuel-efficient engines.
Source U.S. Department of Energy
 7,248 The number of sites that were assessed by EPA and its partners, between the enactment of the Brownfield law in 2002 and 2005, according to the latest data available.
Source U.S. EPA
 $37.2 million Amount in brownfield loans awarded by EPA, and its partners, between 2002 and 2005, according to the latest data available.
Source U.S. EPA
 5 hours The equivalent amount of energy use of a laptop, a 60-watt incandescent light bulb for 4 hours, or a 60-watt compact fluorescent light bulb for 20 hours, to the lifecycle energy savings of recycling, rather than landfilling, 1 aluminum can.
Source U.S. EPA
 22 percent Amount of improvement in freight rail fuel efficiency between 1990 and 2006.
Source U.S. Department of Transportation
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