Re: SUGGESTIONS FOR THE EPA BROWNFIELDS '98 CONFERENCE?

[Peter Strauss <pstrauss@igc.apc.org>]

If a community has organized opposition to a brownfield development, there
is a good liklihood that it can stop it.  Until developers become interested
in finding out about community involvement issues, they will have less of a
liklihood of succeeding. From my perspective, this is obvious. 

At 09:35 AM 4/3/98 -0800, Gillon, Peter wrote:
>I think that's a good idea, but bear in mind that the community
>involvement issues are not terribly interesting or relevant to the
>developer community.  The big problems are in finding good sites,
>convincing owners to let them be developed, and structuring deals.  
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: KENT BENJAMIN [SMTP:BENJAMIN.KENT@epamail.epa.gov]
>> Sent: Thursday, April 02, 1998 4:38 PM
>> To: cpro-brownfields@igc.apc.org
>> Subject: Re: SUGGESTIONS FOR THE EPA BROWNFIELDS '98 CONFERENCE?
>> 
>> Thanks for the suggestions. FYI we have decided to
>> eliminate the separate Community Involvement Track in
>> favor of incorporating relevant panels in the other tracks. 
>> This is in response to people feeling like they couldn't cross
>> the lines to other tracks, and the lack of community
>> presence among the other tracks.
>> 
>> I think that this will force all of the stakeholders to integrate,
>> mingle, interact, and hear the other's perspective. Nothing is
>> cast in stone yet but this is the working plan.
>> 
>> 
>> Kent Benjamin
>> Environmental Justice Coordinator (MC 5101)
>> Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response
>> U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
>> 202-260-2822, fax 202-260-6606
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