Five national recipients embody the principles behind EPA’s work with the U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development and U.S. Dept. of Transportation under the Partnership for Sustainable Communities. …
Mercyhurst College Sustainability Development 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, Mercyhurst nevertheless exemplifies the gold standard of brown and green development.
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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. …
Advantage, West Virginia within an ambitious economic redevelopment plan that will create skilled labor posiitons, access to vital transportation and pro-growth tax reforms. …
University professor heads study funded by the UC Transportation Center to determine feasibility of "accessory homes" to be built around five Bay Area Rapid Transit stations in the Bay Area, and how they might affect local economy. …
Vision, planning strategy is deployed to build, public/private consensus for future use of former Chevy plant.
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Oversight authority ready to rock 'n roll on more sorely-needed brownfield redevelopments in Detroit proper. …
Not all green roofs are created equally. Designing a green roof for maximum storm
water absorption may be quite different than one where daily use as garden
space by tenants is the primary goal. It's not only about the design but about
the professionals hired to execute the plan. But first, deciding how your green
roof will be used and what you want to accomplish is …
A solar farm on a closed landfill in Greenfield, Mass., is expected to save the town some mean green—to the tune of $250,000 in energy costs.
Abandoned industrial sites that have been turned into solar facilities, so-called "brightfields" provide economic benefits and energy cost savings to local communities. There are, however, unique challenges to the development of these projects.
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1930s photo of industrial shoreline
courtesy of Traverse City Planning Dept.
The Traverse City, Mich. waterfront was like many northern industrial towns during the first half of the last
century. The waterfront was filled …
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 …
Located along the Ohio River, Rivers Casino serves as an essential node in the
westward development of the city’s North Shore. This growth was recommended in the City’s 1998 Downtown Plan to redevelop underutilized areas directly across the
Allegheny River from downtown Pittsburgh. These efforts gained momentum when the City restored the street grid between two new sports stadiums – PNC Park and Heinz Field.
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Efforts to recapture Philly's waterfront reveal a city eager to overcome post-industrial challenges, and become a great city for the future.
Imagine two vibrant waterfronts in Philadelphia, lined with trails and greenways, dotted with parks, the adjacent neighborhoods bustling with walkable residential communities, shops and restaurants, as well as new offices and light industry. This vision is what many city officials, nonprofit groups and citizens are trying to create along the …
Laser-induced fluorescence (LIF) technology, invented in the early 90s, is noted for accurately detecting subsurface contamination on brownfields
The development of any brownfield is a complicated task. But the minute someone discovers that fuel, oil, coal tar or creosote has been spilled or leaked on the site, everything gets more complicated—from legal issues to the project’s budget.
Fortunately, there are some often-ignored technologies available to effectively design remediation programs, which can, …
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 …
Brownfields 2011 will provide several opportunities to view local brownfield
redevelopment sites firsthand in the form of mobile workshops. These tours
include transportation to outstanding redevelopment sites throughout the
Greater Philadelphia area.
Sunday, April 3rd
• 12:15–3:00 pm. – Wilmington Riverfront Development
Wilmington’s Riverfront Development Corp. is charged with creating …
Philadelphia’s drive to establish greenways along the Schuylkill and Delaware rivers is
underway.
In 1683, William Penn appointed his surveyor-general Thomas Holm to plan the
street layout for Philadelphia as a “Greene Country Towne” stretching from river to river, covering roughly the reaches of today’s Center City Philadelphia. Somehow along the way over the last 300 years, Center City, not unlike the
pattern of …
