The Franklin Bank Mine Reclamation Project, Ashley, Pa., was one of the 30-plus projects nominated for a Brownfield Renewal award in 2010. It didn’t bag a Renewal Award, but it did do this: Removed tons of mine waste and eliminated a source of mine drainage runoff that had infiltrated existing storm water systems and local streams and creeks. In the final analysis, the project team achieved its goal to complete the reclamation and then sell the property for residential redevelopment.
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In the deal worked out between the White House and House and Senate leaders April 8 to avoid a government work shutown, high speed rail funding proved to be one of the casualties. …
One of the X factors that industry people must contend with is the way the new Congress will line up in support of land revitalization and urban renewal efforts. At the Brownfields 2011 national conference, the answer might have been found in Meeting Room 125 of the Pennsylvania Convention Center.
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A recent report showed urban “green” medical centers as having a great deal of upside for redevelopment purposes. But a new report from Urban Land Institute indicates that—green or not—building medical facilities on a brownfield is an opportunity that is only expected to get healthier. …
The advanced single-stream facility makes recycling easier for area residents and businesses, and was constructed using sustainable building and design techniques, with LEED Silver certification from the U.S. Green Building Council. …
With the Washington budget showing no signs of a quick-and-easy resolution, federal brownfields programs are unlikely to get much of a boost in the near future despite their popularity, say Beltway insiders.
When it comes to interest in brownfields in Washington, there are two sides of the coin," says Evans Paull, executive director of the National Brownfields Coalition (NBC), based in the Washington metro area. "One side of Congress is preoccupied …
At this abandoned, blighted factory—consisting of 187,227 square feet in 21 different structures on 13.5 acres in the three separate parcels—a tour some time ago by a Wisconsin state legislator produced a brutally honest but necessary wake up call.
The state official had toured the former canning facility a few years ago and remarked that it reminded him “of Europe.” Unfortunately, this wasn’t a compliment: The lawmaker wasn’t …
During a recent chat, a brownfield supervisor from U.S. EPA Region 4 posed an excellent question: When brownfield project sponsors go to secure funding at the federal, state or local levels, do the respective funding bodies know who they are dealing with? More to the point, have they "kept score" of past successes (or failures) of project sponsors? Do the public entities even have the metrics that indicate if you're "good for it?" …
PROJECT GOAL: To revitalize land that had been sitting idle for years by putting the property back into productive use and thereby boost the local economy.
SIZE: Approximately 113 acres
FORMER USE: In 1951 the J.P. Stevens & Company, currently WestPoint Home, Inc., developed approximately 330-acres for textile manufacturing. The site became one of the largest, vertical-integrated facilities in the industry, taking raw materials and producing finished product. Operations …
The Tamiami Trail (U.S. Highway 41) Petroleum Brownfields Revitalization Initiative is intended to advance local economic development and greenspace projects, and support historic preservation efforts along the 70 miles of scenic Highway 41. The corridor includes the cities of Bradenton, North Port, Palmetto, Sarasota, and Venice. EPA Region 4 and the Florida Dept. of Environmental Protection are working with other federal, state and …
