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.   …

In April, the harbor city of Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada, hosted two days of collaborative discussion as part of a pilot Brownfield planning charette geared towards former service stations. …

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. …

Ohlone College Newark Center, Newark, Calif.,  is the first college campus in the world to achieve Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Platinum certification, and achieve a net zero carbon footprint during the months of April through August 2008, boasting a 70% reduction in overall energy consumption for a comparable new building.  Read how the initiative came together through the efforts of a diversified group of project sponsors. …

At the May 25 event, five outstanding NYC Brownfield Projects and five Scholarship Winners will be honored. …

The EPA's Southeast region, which includes Florida, has gotten 121 requests for brownfield funds, compared to 106 last year. Central Florida, including  the Tampa metro area, has some ambitious plans in store with the funding.  …

Newly available U.S. EPA Brownfields Assessment Grant helps enable multiple cleanup efforts in the city--cleanup efforts that are intended to spark the advent of affordable housing redevelopment in the future. …

Now in its 13th year, the U.S.EPA’s Superfund Redevelopment Initiative (SRI) was created in 1999 to ensure that at every Superfund site EPA and its partners have an effective process and the tools and information needed to return these sites to productive use. More than 550 cleaned-up Superfund sites have been returned to productive use or have reuses planned for them since the inception. More than 30,000 jobs at these sites have resulted in more than $1.3 billion in annual income for employees. Read how the team enabled the cleanup and mixed-use revitalization effort on the Wasatch Front. …

Bolstered by federal EPA funding package, Vermont Agency of Commerce & Community Development is eager to put funds to use for several pet projects, starting with aggressive cleanup and remediation plan of action. …

The program will recruit students from high unemployment and underemployment areas who live in or near brownfield communities in the urban core of Kansas City, Mo., and western Independence. …

In late August, a team of federal agencies highlighted a coordinated effort in Bridgeport, Conn. that is designed to help train workers and create jobs--an initiative that is viewed as the foundation for economic recovery in the city. …

The Trail of the Coeur d’Alenes in Plummer, Idaho possessed alot of environmental challenges along an abandoned right of way. Among those was the removal of contaminated materials below the ordinary low water mark of Coeur d’Alene Lake and River. The seasonal timing of removal was critical to ensure the lowest water levels possible were forecasted and construction activities were scheduled for that timeframe. …

The cleanup efforts are underway at New Idria, Blue Ledge mines, to bring about change due to toxic pollutants discharged by both affecting California waterways. …

Funds will be used to conduct comprehensive regulatory scan to identify barriers to redevelopment of closed auto-dealership corridors and determine local, state and federal agencies necessary for redevelopment of these properties. …

Just in the nick of time, brownfields are getting a much needed shot in the arm through an ambitious grants and jobs growth initiative that was outlined last Wednesday during a webinar entitled “Federal Brownfields Incentives: New Opportunities in an Evolving Regulatory Landscape.” …

There is now a new guide for town, city and county leaders that outlines a new tool they can access to build the financial and political support needed to reclaim and redevelop the thousands of abandoned gas stations, auto body shops, and industrial facilities nationwide. …

With nearly 30 years of professional consulting experience, Miles Bolton leads Apex in tackling some of the toughest brownfield redevelopment and engineering projects in the nation. Safety, innovation, efficiency and customer satisfaction are the words that describe Bolton’s project focus, and what drives Apex to provide clients with the highest quality services in the most cost-effective manner. …