Brownfield Redevelopment Basics

The NLEA offered a Brownfield Redevelopment Basics workshop on July 16, 2007, to teach participants about the benefits of redeveloping potentially contaminated sites.  Speakers talked about financial incentive programs and showed examples of successful redevelopment.

View the presenter PowerPoints below to learn:

What is a brownfield?
Why redevelop a brownfield?
What financial incentives are there to clean up a brownfield site?
NLEA's EPA grant program for brownfield assessments.
Michigan DEQ assessment grants and loans.
How can a B.R.A. help redevelop a brownfield site?
What is tax increment financing?
Photos of successful brownfield redevelopment sites.