Jersey City Regional Brownfields Workshop

[Bob Hersh <bhersh@cpeo.org>]

CPEO is co-sponsoring a free educational workshop for community
organizations and residents of brownfield communities in Northern New
Jersey and Southern New York.  Please circulate this announcement to
people in your community who may wish to attend.

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The Center for Public Environmental Oversight (CPEO), in cooperation
with the Mayor of Jersey City, the Honorable Glenn D. Cunningham, the
Jersey City Department of Public Works and community leaders from Jersey
City's Morris Canal area invites you to attend a workshop on brownfields
revitalization.

Community-Led Brownfields Revitalization
1st Annual Conference in Jersey City
DATE:   May 1, 2004		

PLACE: Hudson County Prep High School
	525 Montgomery Street, Jersey City

REGISTRATION:  There is no registration fee for this workshop, but we
are
	                 asking people to pre- register, if possible, by
April 23.
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Agenda
8:30 - 9:00 	Registration
9:00 - 9:15	Welcome
Mayor of Jersey City,  the Honorable Glenn D. Cunningham

9:15 - 9:30	Overview
Betty Kearns,  Environmental Specialist, Jersey City Department of
Public Works
Lenny Siegel,  Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
(CPEO)

9:30 - 11:00 	Panel 1:  Community Involvement
Michael Lythcott, Chair, National Environmental Justice Advisory Council
(NEJAC)
Waste and Facility Siting Subcommittee.
Norris McLeod, Architect, Design and Development Group
Alexie Torres-Fleming, Executive Director, Youth Ministries for Peace
and Justice
Moderator,  June Jones, President, Morris Canal Redevelopment Area Dev.
Coalition

11:00 - 11:15 	BREAK

11:15 - 12:45	Panel 2:  Brownfields Regulatory Framework
Mathy Stanislaus, Co-Director, New Partners for Community
Revitalization, Board Member, NYCEJA and President, Allegiance Resources
Corporation.
Stephen Kehayes, New Jersey Department of Environmental Projection,
Office of Brownfield Reuse.
Vernice Miller-Travis (invited).
Moderator,  TBA

12:45 - 1:30   LUNCH

1:30   - 3:00   Panel 3: Health Issues at Brownfields sites
Jerald Fagliano, New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services.
Joe Eldridge, New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services.
Lenny Siegel,  Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight.
Moderator, Christina Hemphill, Transportation Justice Coordinator,  NYC
EJ Alliance

3:00 -  3:15     BREAK

3:15 -  4:45     Panel 4:  Financing Brownfields Redevelopment
Barry Hersh, Associate Director, The Steven L. Newman Real Estate
Institute, CUNY (invited)
JoAnn Petrizzo,  Brownfields Program Director, The Whitman Companies,
Inc.
Larry Charles,  Director, Community Development Corporation
Moderator,  Robert Hersh, Program Director,  CPEO

4:45 - 5:00  CLOSING REMARKS
Betty Outlaw, Director, Jersey City Department of Public Works

5:00 - 5:30     RECEPTION / NETWORKING

Directions:
Mass Transit -  From East or West
Path Trains:  Take the train to Grove Street Station. At street level,
take a Montgomery-West Side Newport Mall Bus, heading west.

_From New York City - Driving
_From the Holland Tunnel, take the Rt.#1 & 9, Rt # 139 bearing left to
Kennedy Blvd.  At Kennedy Blvd, turn left and proceed through Journal
Square to Bergen Ave.  Take Bergen Ave. about 12 blocks until you come
to Montgomery Street.  Make a left on to Montgomery Street.  You will
pass the Jersey City Armory on your left.  Continue on and pass the Old
Jersey City Medical Center at Baldwin Ave.  Go down the hill to Florence
Street and you will find the school on the right hand side of the
street.  It is across from the Montgomery Garden Projects.

_From South Jersey
Take Rt#1 & 9 North to Jersey City.  Turn left at Rt. #440 and proceed
to Duncan Ave.  Lincoln Park is on your right.   Turn right on to Duncan
Ave. and continue to West Side Avenue.  At West Side Avenue turn left
and go two blocks to Montgomery St.  Continue up the hill and cross over
Kennedy Blvd.  Continue on Montgomery St. and pass the Jersey City
Armory and Old Jersey Medical Center.  Go down to the bottom of the hill
and you have reached Florence St.  The school is on the right side of
Montgomery St.

_From North Jersey
Take Rt.# 1 & 9 South to Rt. #440.  Take right hand turn to Duncan Ave.
Cross over Rt.#440 and continue east on Duncan Ave. until you reach West
Side Avenue.  Turn left on to West Side Ave. and follow the above
direction (From South Jersey).

New Jersey Turnpike-North or South.Take the Turnpike to Exit 14C Jersey
City.  Come down the ramp and you will stop at Montgomery St.  Turn left
under the Turnpike and go two blocks to Florence St.  The Hudson County
Prep School is on your left.

REGISTRATION
Name_______________________________________________________________
Title_______________________ Company_________________________________
Address_____________________________________________________________
City_____________________  State________________ ZIP___________________
Telephone____________________ Fax______________  Email_________________
Signature_________________________________

Can we include your contact information in the workshop contact list?
Yes____   No ___

To register:  You can register by email by contacting Bob Hersh
(bhersh@cpeo.org) or Dawn Odom (odom@jcnj.org).

For additional information, please direct inquires to:
Bob Hersh,  Brownfields Program Director, CPEO,  Phone:  202 452 8043,
Email: bhersh@cpeo.org
Betty Kearns, Environmental Specialist, Jersey City Dept. of Public
Works,  Phone: 201 547-6848

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Bob Hersh
Brownfields Program Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight (CPEO)
1101 Connecticut Ave., NW  Suite 1000
Washington, DC  20036

Tel:     202.452.8043
Fax:    202.452.8095
email:  bhersh@cpeo.org
url:      www.cpeo.org