The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency defines a brownfield as “real property, the expansion, redevelopment, or reuse of which may be complicated by the presence or potential presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant.” With over 450,000 estimated brownfields in the U.S., the challenge to transform these properties into more attractive, usable sites is being addressed all over the country.



2016 EPA EWDJT Funding Opportunities Released

The EPA has released the Request for Proposals and guidelines for their FY 2016 Environmental Workforce Development and Job Training (EWDJT) Funding Opportunities. In addition to Brownfields hazardous waste ...

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BAD To The Bone

There are bad strategies in dealing with urban tear-downs for the intention of eventually redeveloping them. And then there are BAD strategies for doing it. The upper case pathway—BAD—is ...

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Glenville Better Buildings Team Conducting Community Survey

The Glenville Better Buildings Team, an ad-hoc group of local volunteers, elected officials, and business and property owners, are conducting a city-wide survey to find potentially abandoned, dilapidated, or ...

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NBAC Welcomes New Brownfields Redevelopment Specialist

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Anna Withrow has joined the Northern West Virginia Brownfields Assistance Center (NBAC) as its new brownfields redevelopment specialist. The NBAC is a program of the West ...

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Bad Buildings Summit Held to Discuss Vacant Buildings

WTRF 7 News Sports Weather – Wheeling Steubenville Community leaders throughout Brooke and Hancock Counties all have one thing in common: they want something done about the amount of ...

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U.S. House Subcommittee Hearing on the Reauthorization of The EPA’s Brownfields Program

Listen to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and other panel members provide testimony to the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment regarding the reauthorization ...

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City of Morgantown Holds First Bad-To-Better Buildings Meeting

Concerned residents came to the kickoff meeting for the BAD Buildings Program in Morgantown on Monday night to discuss abandoned properties in their neighborhoods. This is all part of ...

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