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[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Brownfields Program Turns Polluted Sites Into Economic Potential

NorthEscambia.com (FL)
September 8, 2013

The Florida Brownfields Program facilitates redevelopment and job  
creation by empowering communities, local governments and other  
stakeholders to work together to assess, clean up and reuse sites  
that may have been previously impacted by pollutants. Brownfields are  
properties where expansion, redevelopment or reuse may be complicated  
by the presence or potential presence of environmental pollution.

Established in 1997, the Florida Brownfields Redevelopment Program  
utilizes economic and regulatory incentives to encourage the use of  
private revenue to restore and redevelop sites, create new jobs and  
boost the local economy. Partners in the Florida Brownfields  
Redevelopment Program include local governments, the Department of  
Environmental Protection, the Department of Economic Opportunity and  
Enterprise Florida, Inc.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.northescambia.com/2013/09/brownfields-program-turns- 
polluted-sites-into-economic-potential


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Lenny Siegel
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