Our Mission
About Us
CCLR champions the beneficial reuse of underutilized and contaminated properties because people deserve clean, healthy, and safe neighborhoods to live, work and play. We provide cost-free assistance to local governments, Tribes and non-profits to facilitate the reuse of brownfields.
Founded in 1998 as a project of the Trust for Public Land (a conservation organization), the Center for Creative Land Recycling (CCLR or “see-clear”) has grown into the leading nonprofit facilitating brownfield reuse.
At CCLR, we know brownfields present an opportunity. We are committed to our work because we know that land recycling is the key to ensuring a healthy, sustainable, and equitable future for all of us and for our environment.
Today, CCLR serves as U.S. EPA’s Technical Assistance to Brownfield Communities (TAB) provider in Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, and the Pacific Island territories. CCLR is the Brownfield Technical Assistance Provide (B-TAP) for the California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) and we co-manage the National Brownfields Coalition in collaboration with Smart Growth America.
Our Expertise
CCLR is a national expert in complex land reuse projects. Our diverse network and expert knowledge of the redevelopment landscape is unparalleled. We work with every sector of redevelopment stakeholders and we can help at any stage of the process.
- Creative funding solutions and grant application review
- Strategic planning and capacity assessments
- Environmental review and remediation
- Navigation of regulatory and liability processes
- Community engagement
What We Do
Convene stakeholders to workshop sites, solve problems, and share successes.
Build redevelopment capacity at the local level through custom training and direct assistance.
Serve as an independent third-party to analyze and moderate challenging redevelopment scenarios.
Connect public and private entities to create fruitful partnerships for successful projects.
Educate brownfield practitioners by providing resources and events.
Advocate at the national level for brownfields policies and programs.
2024 Impact
Featured Partnerships
DTSC is rolling out its brand-new Equitable Community Revitalization Grant (ECRG) program, with up to $250 million in grants to assess and cleanup properties in environmental justice communities. CCLR can help you apply for funding.
We are collaborating with Groundwork U.S.A. to provide resources and events around the impacts of brownfields and best practices for community-led development.
CCLR works with an extraordinary array of public and private entities across the land reuse sphere, on topics from renewable energy on brownfield sites to economic development strategies. Find out more about opportunities to bring CCLR onto your team.
