What do you think about the Showcase Communities?

[Career/Pro <cpro@igc.apc.org>]

Hello Everyone,

Last week's announcement of the 16 Showcase communities brought more 
attention to the EPA Brownfields program and the other federal 
agencies involved in Brownfields.  I know that a lot of people on this 
newsgroup are involved with a Showcase Communities and I think it 
would be great to hear your thoughts (positive or negative) about the 
Showcase communities that were selected.  Perhaps we could get a brief 
report about your Showcase community.

People could talk about some of the details of their BF Pilot Project. 
Are there any lessons that can be passed along to other cities?  What 
defines a "successful" BF redevelopment?  Here is a list of those 
communities in case you forgot.

  Baltimore, MD 
  Chicago, IL 
  Dallas, TX    
  East Palo Alto, CA 
  Eastward Ho!, FL 
  Glen Cove, NY 
  Kansas City, KS/MO 
  Los Angeles, CA 
  Lowell, MA 
  Portland, OR 
  State of Rhode Island 
  St. Paul, MN 
  Salt Lake City, UT 
  Seattle, WA 
  Stamford, CT 
  Trenton, NJ 


Tony Chenhansa
CAREER/PRO