[CPEO-BIF] Reminders - upcoming sessions in Boston

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

"HOMES, SCHOOLS, AND PARKS" TO BE DISCUSSED AT
EJ/COMMUNITY CAUCUS, 7 PM SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 12
205BC BOSTON CONVENTION & EXHIBITION CENTER, 415 SUMMER STREET

The annual National Environmental Justice/Community Brownfields Caucus 
will meet immediately BEFORE the Brownfields 2006 conference, 7 pm to 10 
pm on Sunday evening, November 12, in Room 205BC at the Boston 
Convention and Exhibition Center. Convened by the Center for Public 
Environmental Oversight, the Caucus is targeted to community activists 
but open to all conference participants.

Agenda

* 7:00 pm - Introductions
* 7:30 pm - David Lloyd, Director of the U.S. EPA Office of Brownfields 
Cleanup and Redevelopment, will give a brief talk and answer questions.
* 8:00 pm - Open discussion of draft paper on "Homes, Schools, and 
Parks," which provides broad-stroke answers to the question: "Where, 
when, and how is it appropriate to build homes, schools, and parks on 
contaminated properties."? The paper may be downloaded from
http://www.cpeo.org/pubs/Homes-Schools-Parks.doc.

TARGETING SUBSIDIES TO SERVE THE PUBLIC:
Continuing the Debate.
2:45 PM MONDAY, NOVEMBER 13
ROOM 212 BOSTON CONVENTION CENTER

How can Brownfields incentives best be targeted to serve the public 
interest? Can developers be held accountable for their promises without 
dampening their willingness to invest? Can local governments manage 
incentives once they are awarded? What are the goals of subsidies?

In October, participants representing a wide diversity of perspectives 
began a lively discussion of this topic in the Center for Public 
Environmental Oversight's on-line Brownfields Internet Forum. The 
dialogue will continue, as a face to face open discussion, at 
Brownfields 2006, with the goal of framing consensus principles to help 
guide future Brownfields incentive programs - or at least, to define and 
narrow the differences among the different viewpoints.

To review the on-line dialogue, go to
http://www.cpeo.org/lists/brownfields/2006/index.html.


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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org


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