New, Innovative Research to Underscore Park and Recreation Trade Show
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Remediation funding will be allocated towards renovation of Brownfields site
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The U.S. EPA is awarding $4 million in assistance to 23 communities, many in under-served and economically disadvantaged areas, to develop area-wide plans for the reuse of brownfields properties. …
Power Projects are in the queue to produce 10% of state's renewable supply. …
HUD, DOT and EPA continue working together through coordinated grant program; partnership begins releasing additional local grants to support more livable, sustainable communities. …
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency officials are planning to assist officials in Saginaw, Mich., in establishing a "green zone" for a redevelopment effort on the northeast quadrant of the city.
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Based on an analysis of expected market availability, EPA is finalizing a lower 2011 cellulosic volume than the statutory target. …
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. …
In Kentucky, the brownfield redevelopment contingent is “throwing a party”—but not the type of party one would assume. In an effort to drive Kentucky
brownfield redevelopment to a higher level, these parties are known as “grant funding parties.”
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PROPERTY SIZE/END USE: Tech Town is a 30-acre urban office campus strategically located in downtown
Dayton near Wright Patterson Air Force Base, the University of Dayton and Wright State University.
Tech Town is one anchor of the Ohio Aerospace Hub of Opportunity and
Innovation. The campus supports both new and established companies working to
commercialize new technology in the fields of remote sensing, RFID and
information …
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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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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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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