HUD, DOT and EPA continue working together through coordinated grant program; partnership begins releasing additional local grants to support more livable, sustainable communities. …
The development of new technologies for extraction or recovery of heavy metals from soils is paramount--rather than relying solely on relocating soils to landfills or immobilizing them by chemical or physical methods (fixation or stabilization). Read how it can be executed. …
Finding dedicated funding source, speeding review process are keys …
Work on the former 75-year-old stamping plant could begin in April, with tear down and cleanup expected to be completed within 18 months. …
Find all this, plus a whole lot more, in the City of Brotherly Love this April at the National Brownfields Conference
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cosponsored by the U.S. EPA and ICMA, heads to Philadelphia, PA, on April 3-5.
A partnership between the U.S. EPA and the International City/County Management Association (ICMA) has developed the National Brownfields Conference into the premier international forum focused on redeveloping brownfield properties and promoting environmental revitalization and economic redevelopment. Now in its fourteenth year, Brownfields 2011 will be held April 3-5, at the Pennsylvania Convention Center …
Funding of brownfield redevelopment projects is always a challenge. For many projects, the parties who are responsible for the contamination are long gone and there is no hope of obtaining any financial contribution toward remediation efforts. Where the polluter is viable, however, the polluter can be an important and even critical source of funding for clean-up activities. EPA Brownfields Cleanup Grants, for example, cannot be used for sites where the …
—And Why Insurance Provisions Make or Break Purchase, Sale Pacts
Sellers and buyers of contaminated property have struggled for years to find
solutions that work to both protect the seller and minimize the future
liability cost to the buyer. Other than for industries with well-known, historical wastes, the 1970s
commercial property agreements oftentimes contained the phrase “seller warrants that the property will …
The former East Plant in West Virginia was one of the 30-plus projects nominated for a Brownfield Renewal award in 2010. Although it did not win one of the three awards, this effort exemplifies the gold standard of brown and green development.
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What's referred to as "Web 2.0" has revolutionized the way information about brownfield site cleanups is disseminated. Best practices are being established by early adopters and new creative ways are being developed to engage minority and low-income communities in redevelopment efforts. …
EPA’s mid-Atlantic Region looks forward to hosting Brownfields 2011, which attracts public and private brownfields redevelopment experts from across the country.
We are especially pleased the conference is in Philadelphia because it gives attendees an opportunity to see some of our Brownfields success stories right here in the city of Philadelphia, such as the redeveloped Philadelphia Navy Yard and Northern Liberties neighborhood (see pullout conference supplement section in this issue), and …
To call Mary Seton-Corboy a “gardener” is like calling Christopher Columbus a “sailor”: an accurate, yet vastly understated job description.
Just over 10 years ago, when most saw this trash-strewn property in Philadelphia's Kensington section overgrown with weeds and contaminated with who-knows-what, Corboy saw the perfect location for the green space of her dreams.
In 1998, Corboy, a chef at the time, was in search of a plot of land upon which …
Learn how Philadelphia's Northern Liberties community isn't stopping with their own highly successful neighborhood transformation: they are looking to help others do the same.
It's difficult to imagine how one Apple computer, tucked away in a cavernous, once-abandoned warehouse in Philadelphia's historic Northern Liberties district, has anything to do with neighborhood transformation.
Yet a new database tool funded by a $50,000 EPA grant was developed on this white Mac laptop that …
The 5.5 million square-foot property now serves as a jewel in mixed-use waterfront development excellence.
The Navy Yard, an historic 1,200-acre former Navy Shipyard being developed by the Philadelphia Industrial Development Corp. (PIDC) on behalf of the city of Philadelphia, has emerged as a dynamic mixed-use campus.
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