From: | Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org> |
Date: | Sun, 2 Apr 2017 14:39:36 -0700 (PDT) |
Reply: | cpeo-brownfields |
Subject: | [CPEO-BIF] "UI students help eastern Iowa communities identify brownfields" |
UI students help eastern Iowa communities identify brownfields Project targets most promising properties for redevelopment By: Richard C. Lewis Iowa Now March 30, 3017 University of Iowa students are partnering with communities in eastern Iowa to help local leaders identify abandoned properties and decide which ones hold the greatest potential for reuse. The properties the students are cataloging are called brownfields. These are sites where redevelopment has been complicated by the presence or potential presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. There are brownfields scattered all across Iowa, and civic leaders in several towns have struggled to figure out what to do with them. The UI students, part of the graduate program in the School of Urban and Regional Planning, are helping communities in Clinton and Jackson counties with their efforts. … For the entire release, see https://now.uiowa.edu/2017/03/ui-students-help-eastern-iowa-communities-identify-brownfields -- Lenny Siegel Executive Director Center for Public Environmental Oversight a project of the Pacific Studies Center P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042 Voice/Fax: 650/961-8918 <lsiegel@cpeo.org> http://www.cpeo.org _______________________________________________ Brownfields mailing list Brownfields@lists.cpeo.org http://lists.cpeo.org/listinfo.cgi/brownfields-cpeo.org | |
Prev by Date: [CPEO-BIF] Tropic Star development, Newfields, New Hampshire Next by Date: [CPEO-BIF] "Grocery store in Charlevoix County [Michigan]to receive cleanup grant for brownfield redevelopment" | |
Prev by Thread: [CPEO-BIF] Tropic Star development, Newfields, New Hampshire Next by Thread: [CPEO-BIF] "Grocery store in Charlevoix County [Michigan]to receive cleanup grant for brownfield redevelopment" |