News Articles

• News and Holiday Greetings: CCLR Newsletter Issue 13

  This newsletter highlights one of CCLR's first grantees, a project to bring healthy, fresh food to South Central LA. We also discuss our latest workshop series, and, in the spirit of the season,…

• Brownfields Cleanup Makes the Old New: CCLR Newsletter Issue 12

  In this issue, we focus on one of the winners of the recent EPA brownfields grants: the historic Rainbow Hotel in Shelby, Montana. The Rainbow Hotel will be serve as a cornerstone for the Shelby…

• EPA Announces $69.3 Million to Clean Up Contaminated Sites and Revitalize Communities

  Investment will protect people's health and the environment, create jobs and promote economic redevelopment nationwide EPA Newsroom - 05/24/2012 WASHINGTON - Today the Environmental Protection…

• Fillmore Park Grand Opening! 32 New Homes for First-time Owners

  May 17, 2012 On Friday, CCLR attended the grand opening of Fillmore Park, a 32-unit condominium complex in the Fillmore District of San Francisco that offers affordable homes to first-time…

• Western Brownfields Newsletter Spring Edition Download (PDF);

  As the popularity and need for community gardens increase, so does the appeal of turning brownfields into productive gardens. Western communities are no exception. This spring edition of the WBWire…

• CCLR 2011 Audited Financials Download (PDF);

Radio

• The California Report, National Public Radio - May 20, 2002 L.A. Sprawl: Fill In the Blanks (Part 2)The Los Angeles city council last week gave final approval to a $2.5 billion revitalization project for downtown. L.A. now joins a growing list of cities…
• The California Report, National Public Radio - May 13, 2002 L.A. Sprawl: Fill In the Blanks (Part 1)One solution to Los Angeles' sprawl problem is to build within the land that's currently developed -- but like urban areas throughout California, L.A. is…
• Morning Edition, National Public Radio - November 19, 2001 CCLR ProfileLand is an increasingly precious commodity in California. Capital Public Radio's Bob Hensley reports on a group that helps communities find new uses for land that has been abandoned or…

Public Testimonies

• Testimony of CCLR Executive Director Stephanie Shakofsky to Little Hoover Commission - June 28, 2001 Public Testimony Testimony of Stephanie Shakofsky, Executive Director of the California Center for Land Recycling, to the Little Hoover Commission June 28,…