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By Sadhu A. Johnston
In 2005, the City of Chicago developed its Environmental Action Agenda to
demonstrate its commitment to creating a healthy, smart, green city. Recently,
the City of Chicago’s Department of Environment (DOE) lobbied successfully for the passage of an
ordinance requiring the recycling of construction and demolition debris (C&D) from construction sites generating waste within city limits.
As of Jan. 1, 2007, contractors must recycle 50 percent of the C&D debris generated at a job site. To further the goals of the Environmental
Action Agenda and this recent ordinance, the DOE is developing a material
exchange Web site to facilitate the responsible reuse of C&D materials within the city.
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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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David Miller New Orleans, La.
Principal, Renaissance Property Group, LLC, a real estate development company specializing in tax-advantaged finance programs
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Melanie Gregg Buffalo
Community Programs Marketing Manager for the City of Buffalo Economic
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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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