[CPEO-BIF] "Creating Community-Based Brownfield Redevelopment Strategies"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

CPEO's Robert Hersh was one of the principal authors of this new report:


Creating Community-Based Brownfields Redevelopment Strategies

The American Planning Association was the recipient of a Brownfields 
Training, Research, and Technical Assistance Grant from the U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency. The result of this three-year 
initiative, which involved  community development corporation (CDC) 
leaders, community members, and others working to revitalize low-income 
and disadvantaged communities, is Creating Community-Based Brownfield 
Redevelopment Strategies, a guide to redeveloping brownfield sites.

It is estimated that there are more than 450,000 brownfield sites in the 
U.S. In many brownfield redevelopment projects, community groups are 
frequently left out of the process. However, they represent the main 
constituency that suffers from the negative impact of vacant and 
abandoned brownfield sites. The purpose of Creating Community-Based 
Brownfield Redevelopment Strategies is twofold: first, it is designed to 
help community-based organizations (CBOs) recognize that brownfields are 
opportunities for neighborhood revitalization, and, second, it provides 
critical information to help local CBOs participate more effectively in 
the complicated process of brownfield cleanup and redevelopment. This 
guide intends to empower residents to actively and effectively 
participate in brownfield site redevelopment and understand how 
different development strategies will benefit their communities.

For details and to download the guide, go to
http://www.planning.org/research/brownfields/index.htm

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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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