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By Elizabeth Brewster
With apologies to Charles Dickens, the year ahead is shaping up to be both the best of times and the worst of times for the business of brownfields.
On the one hand, "brownfield financing has always been difficult, and now it's even more so," says Craig Carbrey, president and chief credit officer of EnviroFinance Group in Sacramento, Calif., which specializes in brownfield lending. "There just isn't that much activity. . . . There will be ripple effects from the [federal government] …
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Features
Breaking Ground
By Elizabeth Brewster
Once the site of a bustling railroad roundhouse, The Gulch development in
Nashville, Tenn., now teems with the comings and goings of shoppers, diners,
workers and residents in a neighborhood ranked as one of the greenest …
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By Judith Auer Shaw, Michael Greenberg, Henry J. Mayer
"What gets measured gets managed"—Peter Drucker
Across the nation, efforts to characterize the benefits of redeveloped brownfields challenges state government and the brownfield professionals everywhere. While many laudable efforts to capture the potential benefits are legion, there is yet to …
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Perspective
The more things change… the more they stay the same. Or so the proverb goes. The last twelve months
have seen significant change. Some might say unprecedented. Our financial
markets are much different than they were. …
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Perspective
By Michele Mahoney, Raji Ganguli
A society's well-being is intimately linked to the health of its ecosystems. Healthy ecosystems provide ecological services such as water purification, flood protection, reduced soil erosion, terrestrial carbon sequestration, surface and ground water protection from contamination, wildlife habitat, a diverse …
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Perspective
By Brian Porter
Sitting on the bank of the Ohio River, a former manufacturing facility in
Metropolis, Ill., epitomizes the success that can be realized in our industry
when local officials, experienced consultants and state and federal officials
work …
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Perspective
By Chris Olson
Naturally, everyone likes good news and positive outcomes. If you're one of those, I'd suggest you skip this article. While there's nothing more I'd like to do than to sit down and provide some insightful words that would predict a …
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Regional Report
By Steve Dwyer
Sandwiched between the Northeast and Southeast regions of the U.S. sits a six-state, single-district area known as the Mid-Atlantic. The Mid-Atlantic is defined by extensive shorelines, significant agricultural, forests and fishery sectors, historical settlement patterns along waterways and unique natural …
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By Steve Dwyer
Michael G. Van Ness, …
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LOCATION: In the heart of Lynchburg, VA, located at 1339 Englewood St.
PROPOSED USE: Lynchburg Grows (LG) has a mission to provide a means for the disabled and disadvantaged of the greater Lynchburg community to improve the quality of their lives …
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LOCATION: West Bank of the Christina River in Wilmington, Delaware
PROPOSED USE: Non-profit educational children's museum, including indoor exhibit halls with major exhibits on Money and Banking, Human Body, Nature and Environment, Funky Forest, Transportation, Art Workshop, and outdoor patio exhibit, …
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State of Practice
By Ken Kastman
Washington’s Stimulus Package promised to create or save over 3.5 million jobs, with a good
share of the stimulus package focused on energy and environmental enhancements.
Many jobs will be created, so it begs the questions: …
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Departments
Legislative Briefs
By Charlie Bartsch
The fiscal 2010 process began in earnest on May 7, with President Obama’s transmission of his budget request to Congress.
EPA brownfield program reauthorization has slowly started to gain some momentum in the 111th Congress, although no …
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Profile
By Elizabeth Brewster
The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry—but those plans are a lot more likely to stay on track when you're T. Boone Pickens.
The 80-year-old Texas oil tycoon rolled out his Pickens Plan for energy independence last summer, …
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Publisher's Letter
By Steve Dwyer
Perhaps it’s fitting that our June issue—focusing on Business & Economics—serves as the coming out party for the new brand: Brownfield Renewal.
New ownership, new brand: Ushering …
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Transportation
By Steve Dwyer
Portland, Oregon's reputation precede itself when it comes to demonstrating leading-edge renewable resource initiatives. It's a mentality marked by maximum effort witnessed through civic cooperation and the rolling up of sleeves to set gold standards for green living.
The latest maximum …
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Women
Therese Carpenter,
Environmental scientist/consultant, MACTEC Engineering and Consulting, Inc., Phoenix
Introduced to Brownfields projects in 2005 while beginning her Master program at Arizona …
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By Phyllis E. Bross
According to New Jersey State policy, when local or county government exercise eminent domain powers for a valid public purpose, that process should be transparent, and used only as a last resort. However, there is another important policy being pushed …
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By Whitney Hawke
When it comes to brownfields, idleness is generally an unflinching roadblock. Contamination can be cleaned. Approachable site owners can be persuaded into redevelopment. But idle sites with passive owners are an incurable problem inhibiting full-capacity land use. One innovative strategy …
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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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Job Board Listings
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Environmental Project Manager (Toledo, Ohio)
SME, consultants in the Geosciences, Materials and the Environment, seeks an experienced Environmental Professional for its growing Toledo office. For 47 years, SME has provided cost-effective, pract…
Certified Residential Appraiser (Columbus, Ohio)
CJob Description:- The client, is seeking HUD approved, Certified Appraisers in the Ohio area. - Knowledge of ACI software is a plus.- $20 per month cell phone credit - Guaranteed bi-weekly pay checks…
Revit Drafter (Boston, Massachusetts)
Aerotek is currently seeking a Revit Technician.This is a contract through the end of February with strong possibility to extend/go perm. Qualifications:-5 years architectural office experience-3 year…
Structural Engineer (Saginaw, Michigan)
We are working with an Architecture Firm in Saginaw, MI, and they are looking for a structural engineer. A good candidate for the position is a licensed Engineer or an Engineer in Training with 3 year…
SAP SRM Consultant (Charlotte, North Carolina)
The position is open due to the lack of SAP SRM business process domain knowledge within their existing team and this person will fill be the subject matter expert for their SRM systems. A big part of…
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This Weeks Poll
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  Will the EPA Workforce Development and other similar environmental jobs programs signal the start of a revitalized U.S. job market?
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Industry Profiles
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Paul Curran Lackawanna, N.Y.
Senior Executive Vice President, Axio Power & Apex Wind Energy
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Whitepapers
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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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Press Releases
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| Brownfields Forum, BOA EXPO,
Award to Suffolk County Executive-Elect Steven Bellone |
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Industry Experts
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Susan Boyle
Mt. Laurel
Senior Environmental Practice Leader, GEI Consultants
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