Resources

Key Websites

Brownfields and Brownfields Redevelopment , Municipal Research and Services Center of Washington State
http://www.mrsc.org/environment/brownfields.htm

The Brownfields Center at the Environmental Law Institute provides essential information on brownfields clean-up and redevelopment, with a focus on the concerns and needs of community groups across the country.
http://www.brownfieldscenter.org/small/about.shtml

The Brownfields Nonprofits Network is a network of nonprofit organizations helping to promote brownfields redevelopment.
http://www.brownfieldsnet.org

The Brownfields Technology Support Center is coordinated by EPA's Technology Innovation Office, helps decision makers become aware of the full range of technologies available, so they can make informed technology decisions about their site.
http://www.brownfieldstsc.org/

Brownfields to Parks , The Trust for Public Land.  The site includes information and resources on how to turn brownfields into gardens, parks, and open space. 
http://www.tpl.org/tier2_rp2.cfm?content_item_id=0&folder_id=945

The National Governors Association's Center for Best Practices includes innovative state practices in brownfields redevelopment.
http://www.nga.org/center/topics/1,1188,D_374,00.html

On-line Brownfields Bibliography , California Center for Land Recycling (CCLR) 
http://www.cclr.org/bibliog.html

The Maine Department of Environmental Protection, Voluntary Response Action Program, www.state.me.us/dep/rwm/rem/brown.htm

The Maryland Department of Environmental Protection, Maryland's Voluntary Clean-up Program, www.mde.state.md.us/environment/was/brownfields/index.html

The New York Department of Environmental Protection, Clean Water/Clean Air Act of 1996, www.dec.state.ny.us/website/der/bfield/index.html

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, Hazardous Sites Clean-up Program, www.dep.state.pa.us/dep/deputate/airwaste/wm/Hscp/hscahome.htm

The Phoenix Awards. The Phoenix Awards were created in 1997 to honor groups that develop significant brownfields sites across the country. They seek to recognize innovative yet practical remediation projects, which bring blighted, old commercial and industrial sites back to productive use. www.dep.state.pa.us/hosting/phoenixawards/History/History.htm

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Brownfields Economic Redevelopment Initiative, www.epa.gov/brownfields

U.S. Department of Commerce, Economic Development Administration, www.osec.doc.gov/eda/html/2b4_3_brownfields.htm

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Brownfields Economic Development Initiative, www.hud.gov/offices/cpd/economicdevelopment/programs/bedi/index.cfm

California Center for Land Recycling
www.cclr.org

California Environmental Redevelopment Fund (CERF)
www.ca-cerf.com

Conservation Law Foundation
www.clf.org

The Greenlining Institute
www.greenlining.org

The Institute for Responsible Management, Inc.
www.instrm.org

International City/County Management Association (ICMA)
www2.icma.org/content/topic.asp?tpid=19

National Brownfields Association
www.brownfieldassociation.org

Northeast Midwest Institute
www.nemw.org/brownfields.htm

Phoenix Land Recycling Company
www.phoenixland.org

U.S. Conference of Mayors Brownfields Page 
www.usmayors.org/uscm/brownfields

The Brownfields Center, Carnegie Mellon University
www.ce.cmu.edu/Brownfields

National Center for Neighborhood and Brownfields Redevelopment, Rutgers University
policy.rutgers.edu/brownfields

Readings

Environmental Justice, Urban Revitalization, and Brownfields: The Search for Authentic Signs of Hope. A Report on the"Public Dialogues on Urban Revitalization and Brownfields:Envisioning Healthy and Sustainable Communities," National Environmental Justice Advisory Council (NEJAC) Waste and Facility Siting Subcommittee.

Financing Brownfield Clean-up and Redevelopment.  Charles Bartsch, Northeast Midwest Institute.

"Brownfields to Greenfields? The Jury Is Still Out." Everyone's Backyard, Center for Health and Environmental Justice, Fall 1995.

"Reclaiming Land and Community:  Brownfields & Environmental Justice," Race, Poverty & the Environment:  A Journal for Social and Environmental Justice , 2001. 

Promoting More Equitable Brownfield Redevelopment:  Promising Approaches for Land Banks and Other Community Land Development Entities , Nancy Green Leigh.  Lincoln Institute of Land Policy working paper, 2000.

Reclamation and Economic Regeneration of Brownfields, Peter B. Meyer and H. Wade Van Landingham, The E.P. Systems Group, Inc. U.S. Economic Development Administration, 2000. 

Working on Brownfields: The Employment and Training Connection, Paula Duggan. Northeast-Midwest Institute,1998.

Strategies for Promoting Brownfield Reuse in California -- A Blueprint for Policy Reform . Edith Pepper. Policy Paper, Series 2.  California Center for Land Recycling, 1998.

The Brownfields Book . Published by Jenner & Block (Chicago, IL) and Roy F. Weston (Vernon Hills, IL). 1997.

Brownfields Redevelopment: A Guidebook for Local Government and Communities . Kirshenberg, Seth, Will Fischer, Charles Bartsch, and Elizabeth Collaton. The International City/County Management Association and Northeast-Midwest Institute , 1997.

Community Brownfield Guidebook:  Assessing and Resolving Environmental Barriers to Redevelopment . Nancy Green Leigh and Rhonda Hise.  Georgia Tech Research Corporation ,1997.

Lessons from the Field: Unlocking Economic Potential with an Environmental Key . Pepper, Edith. The Northeast-Midwest Institute, 1997.

"Leveling the Playing Field," Shelterforce, March/April 1998.

Coming Clean for Economic Development: A Resource Book on Environmental Clean-up and Economic Development Opportunities , Charles Bartsch, Elizabeth Collaton, and Edith Pepper.  Northeast Midwest Institute, 1996.