[CPEO-BIF] Sustainable Community Development Group at Brownfields 2009

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT GROUP

www.sustainablecommunitydevelopmentgroup.org

Join us in New Orleans at Brownfields 2009 at our annual Invitational 
Environmental Justice Luncheon.  This year the luncheon is Tuesday, 
November 17, 2009 and we are celebrating the national Community 
Revitalization Alliance and our brownfields conference activities.

Invitational Environmental Justice Luncheon
November 17, 2009, 12:00pm-1:30pm
Please RSVP for our invitational luncheon Tuesday November 17, 2009, 
12:00pm-1:15pm at the New Orleans Ernest K. Morial Convention Center.

Seating is limited so RSVP right away to Felicia Sanders at 
felicia@sustainablecommunitydevelopmentgroup.org

Luncheon speakers are leaders in the federal governmental sector. 
Confirmed speakers include the
Assistant Administrator for the Office of Solid Waste and Emergency 
Response, Mathy Stanislaus; Assistant Administrator for the Office of 
Enforcement and Compliance Assurance Cynthia Giles; and David Lloyd, 
Director, US EPA Office of Brownfields and Land Revitalization.

We are co-hosting other high profile events at the conference that are 
open to all.

Environmental Justice Caucus
November 15, 2009, 6:00pm-9:00pm
The Environmental Justice (EJ) Caucus is scheduled Sunday, November 15, 
2009, 6:00pm-9:00pm at the Ernest K. Morial Convention Center.  The 
topic of the Environmental Justice Caucus and a renowned group of 
presenters is sustainable redevelopment, green jobs and environmental 
health.

BF 2009 Bootstrap Brownfields
November 16, 2009, 10:45am-12:00pm
Brownfields Disadvantaged Communities Roundtable, Monday, November 16, 
2009, 10:45am-12:00pm, Room R-2, at the Ernest K. Morial Convention 
Center.  The topic of this panel is strategies that address brownfields 
redevelopment in down market low income communities.

BF 2009 EJ and the Green Economy Panel
November 18, 2009, 9:15am-10:30am
EJ and the Green Economy Marketplace Session, Wedneday, November 18, 
2009, 9:15am-10:30am, Room 345, Ernest K. Morial Convention Center. 
Join us as we re-cap the first annual Capitol Hill Summit on Sustainable 
Communities, Environmental Justice and the New Economy which was 
convened in Washington, DC October 15-16, 2009.  We’ll share next steps 
proceeding from this first ever community sector led federal policy 
conference on these issues which featured key organizations making 
policy in the nation’s capitol, Congressional leaders, mayors, federal 
Agency officials and US EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson.

BF 2009 Mayors Sustainability Roundtable
November 18, 2009, 1:15pm-2:30pm
Mayors Greening of Brownfields Roundtable hosted and moderated by 
Sustainable Community Development Group, Wednesday, November 18, 2009, 
1:15pm-2:30pm, Ernest K. Morial Convention Center.  Mayors will discuss 
strategies, environmental challenges and opportunities posed by the 
emerging green economy.  Confirmed presenters include Deeohn Ferris, 
President, Sustainable Community Development Group; Honorable Eugene 
Grant, Seat Pleasant, MD; Honorable James Young, Philadelphia, MS; and 
Honorable Brenda Lawrence, Southfield, MI.

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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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