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By Nicole A. Walker
Ever thought of donating a llama or water buffalo to a third-world country in
your loved one’s name for their next bithday? Welcome to gift-giving redefined, courtesy of Heifer International.
Not only are the benefits experienced in the surrounding communities, they are
also experienced at Heifer itself. Employees enjoy a healthy work environment
that is bathed in lots of natural light. Natural lighting can be found at every work station. Each station also has light
shelves to refract the light should it get too hot. Currently, the facility houses 210 workstations, but it has the capacity to
house as many as 500. In this day and age when everyone is talking sustainability, Heifer
International is proving they can “walk the talk.”
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Renewal Magazine
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With the Washington budget showing no signs of a quick-and-easy resolution, federal brownfields programs are unlikely to get much of …
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Brownfields and crop development—for the express intent of producing foods—are concepts that have always been strange bedfellows. Mutually exclusive. An…
At this abandoned, blighted factory—consisting of 187,227 square feet in 21 different structures on 13.5 acres in the three…
PROJECT GOAL: To revitalize land that had been sitting idle for years by putting the property back into productive…
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Industry Profiles
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Duane Wilson Baton Rouge, La.
Brownfields Project Manager/Staff Scientist, Environmental Technology
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William Murdock Columbus, Ohio
Director of the Urban Development Division of Ohio Dept. of Development
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Brownfield Stateside Report
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In Michigan, some are predicting a better business climate for redevelopment and regulatory closure of contaminated properties thanks to a bill Michigan Governor Rick Snyder was scheduled to sign last week. The new regulations should have a positive impact on commercial real estate development and brownfields redevelopment resulting in the creation of jobs. |
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by VeruTEK
A property located on a bank of the East River and in a densely developed residential and commercial area, had its work cut out for it from an environmental remediation standpoint. The mission was to clean up the land and ultimately make one puzzle piece to a larger urban revitalization project that would be redeveloped as a public library and park ranger station.
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