2023 National Brownfields Training Conference: Where to Find CCLR
The Center for Creative Land Recycling is attending the 2023 National Brownfields Training Conference in Detroit, MI! Join CCLR at Brownfields 2023 for Brownfields University, the Perfect Pitch Competition, Meet the TABs, and many more cutting-edge sessions designed to build capacity and provide resources to accelerate your redevelopment projects. Details on CCLR’s various sessions can be found below:
Tuesday, August 8
Brownfields University 101
8:30am – 11:00am | Portside Ballroom Room 260
| The session will serve as an introductory educational session for beginners or intermediate brownfields practitioners. The audience will be introduced to two case studies of brownfield sites that were successfully cleaned up and redeveloped, as the platform to discuss various aspects of identifying, investigating, remediating and redeveloping a brownfield. Experts will engage the audience in an interactive dialogue, walking through the history, approaches, challenges and successes associated with the two sites. A series of instructional sessions to learn how to identify brownfield sites and build brownfields inventories, and understand the stages of planning, assessment, cleanup, and redevelopment of brownfields and the principles of site reuse assessment. | CCLR Speaker: Joelle S. Greenland, AICP
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Brownfields University 201
12:00pm – 2:15pm | Portside Ballroom Room 260
| Ready to build on your basic knowledge of brownfields? If you are a practitioner or stakeholder that wants to dig deeper below the surface of brownfields redevelopment, this intermediate workshop is for you. Topics will include the 201 level of leveraging resources, financing, and addressing liabilities in partnerships. The workshop will feature case studies and ‘how-tos’ for innovative community engagement, integration of remediation into site redevelopment, and climate change and environmental justice considerations in brownfields reuse. Learn storytelling techniques to effectively pitch your project. A facilitated, interactive exercise will be conducted to help participants reimagine their brownfields roadmap. Let us show you how to overcome the common redevelopment hurdles and move your brownfield project to redevelopment success. | CCLR Speaker: Ignacio Dayrit |
Wednesday, August 9
Meet the TABs
11:45am – 12:45pm | Room 313 A/B & Booth #503
Come and meet your TAB providers! The Technical Assistance to Brownfields Program (TAB) provides free services to communities and stakeholders to help them tackle their brownfield challenges. TAB programs assist in addressing brownfields sites and serve as an independent resources for communities to increase their understanding and capacity for brownfield assessment, cleanup, revitalization, and reuse. Can’t make this session? Visit TAB providers at Exhibitor Booth #503 throughout the entirety of the conference to learn more about the resources we offer, connect with technical assistance providers, and collect some cool swag!
EJ Behind the Scenes: A Look at the Vacant to Vibrant Effort to Engage Communities New to Brownfields
2:00pm – 2:15pm | Room 354
| How can we best reach out to communities new to the world of land revitalization? The Vacant to Vibrant, Land Renewal (V2V) outreach effort, created by the EPA R9 Brownfields Office and the Center for Creative Land Recycling (CCLR), meets communities where they are. CCLR conducted research using a combination of EJ screen and EPA data to reach communities new to EPA land reuse programs, developed a tailored outreach strategy to start a conversation, and hosts regular meetings with stakeholders to address issues including contamination, public health, and climate resiliency. Join CCLR for a Topic Talk and Q&A to learn about the Vacant to Vibrant outreach strategy from the perspective of an EPA TAB provider. | CCLR Speaker: Jean Hamerman |
Rural Reuse Roundtable
2:00pm – 3:00pm | Room 252 A/B
| Rural communities face more challenges beyond what their urban counterparts can imagine. Critical mass, capacity, state and local resources, competitive grant disadvantages, and many more. Partnering, layering, perseverance and creativity are vital ingredients for community and economic brownfields reuse. The session will feature speakers from state environmental and business units, and county economic development with a long track record of successful projects and programs. In addition to the speakers, the Center for Creative Land Recycling will help facilitate the key discussion topics noted above, and encourage the audience to describe their dilemmas or contribute their tips and solutions. Our state and local partners will share their stories – bring yours! | CCLR Speaker: Ignacio Dayrit |
Brownfield Karaoke: 7:00pm – 9:00pm | Tin Roof Detroit
| Don’t miss Brownfield Karaoke at the KSU/CCLR Social on Wednesday, August 9th, from 7pm-9pm at the Tin Roof Detroit. Sing your heart out, enjoy complimentary drinks, and make unforgettable memories with your fellow attendees. This event is FREE to attend, but space is limited so come early. Please complete the form below if you would like to attend and/or can sponsor the Social for drinks, food, and baseball tickets to the Detroit Tigers Game at Comerica Park that evening.
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Thursday, August 10
CCLR’s National Leadership Breakfast
7am – 8:45am | Room 250 A/B/C
As BF2023 winds down, join us for the event that promises to leave your experience on a high note! The Center for Creative Land Recycling (CCLR) will proudly host the highly anticipated National Leadership Breakfast at Brownfields 2023. Connect with peers, gain valuable insights, celebrate outstanding achievements in the land reuse and redevelopment industry, and enjoy a full breakfast buffet!
Enjoy a thought-provoking discussion on the topic of energy transition, presented by a distinguished panel of experts, stay up-to-date with the latest industry trends and exclusive insider updates, and help us celebrate the industry’s rockstars through our Lifetime Achievement Awards.
Perfect Pitch Competition
10:30am -12:45pm | Room 250 A/B/C
Be a part of the exciting Perfect Pitch Competition session, featuring three outstanding brownfield projects that have been selected from across the nation to pitch their site to both subject matter experts and the audience for the purpose of attracting investors and/or redeveloping the site. Following an extensive nationwide call for applications conducted by EPA Technical Assistance to Brownfield (TAB) providers, these projects have earned the opportunity to showcase their site and community features, accomplishments, and redevelopment challenges to a panel of experts and the audience. Presenters and attendees will gain practical knowledge and guidance on addressing the challenges associated with their respective projects. Your active participation as an attendee is crucial, as you will have the opportunity to cast your vote for the “Best Presentation” and determine the project that is “Most Likely to Succeed.”
Federal Policy Insights with the National Brownfields Coalition
11:45am – 12:45pm | Room 252 A/B
| Steering Committee members of the National Brownfields Coalition will provide an update on national brownfield policies, legislation, and appropriations for 2023. We’ll discuss funding for EPA brownfield grants and for renewable energy on brownfield sites, reauthorization of the BUILD Act, the effort to reinstate the federal brownfield tax credit, and the value of keeping elected officials informed of your brownfields work in a non-partisan manner. Be a savvy and effective brownfields practitioner who knows what to watch for in federal legislation and how to communicate with representatives. A membership organization of public and private sector practitioners, the National Brownfields Coalition is your voice in Washington, DC. | CCLR Speaker: Jean Hamerman |
Edgeless & EVgreen: A Roadmap for Chargefields
2:00pm – 2:15pm | Room 355
| Range anxiety, and convenient and affordable access to charging stations are barriers to EV adaptation. Highways and roads await – for clean energy charging stations – or chargefields. Similarly, there are opportunities for brightfields in mine-scarred and underutilized rural lands. These are critical ingredients for clean fuel, and to reducing GHG emissions. Each community can contribute a piece of the solution to eventually enable worry-free coast-to-coast EV charging. Because energy/utility regulations, policy and incentives vary by state, so do the approaches to planning and implementation. CCLR has a decade-long track record of assisting communities throughout the country with outside-the-box and stretch-the-envelope EPA MARC grant applications, including chargefields. If your community is looking for bright ideas, or leading the charge, don’t miss this session. | CCLR Speaker: Ignacio Dayrit |
Vacant to Vibrant: Meeting Communities Where They Are and Increasing Access to Land Revitalization
2:00pm – 3:00pm | Room 360 Ambassador Ballroom
| The EPA R9 Brownfields Office and The Center for Creative Land Recycling (CCLR) have seen many land renewal projects get stuck before they even start. Many communities have limited staff to address land reuse, face competing priorities, or need additional assistance with brownfields funding. Vacant to Vibrant: Land Renewal (V2V) is a strategic and proactive outreach effort to engage communities that are facing environmental issues and are new to EPA programming. This panel will present the V2V’s approach and results, share the perspective of a community member accessing this assistance for the first time, and inspire you to take on community engagement at any scale. The Vacant to Vibrant approach is broadly transferable and timely, considering funding newly available through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. | CCLR Speaker: Devyn Rainwater |
Friday, August 11
Advancing Equity: A Guide to Inform Your Community’s Land Reuse Plan
10:35am – 10:50am | Room 353
| Often, equity practices are not baked into the steps of a land reuse project and can be left on the backburner, perhaps as an afterthought at the end of an application for project funding. In an effort to bring equity and EJ to the forefront of brownfield revitalization, the Center for Creative Land Recycling (CCLR) and Groundwork USA have developed Advancing Equity in Land Reuse: A Practical Guide. This resource details the tangible steps practitioners can take to ensure that equity actions inform every step of the land reuse process. The Equity Guide addresses climate resiliency, food and housing security, and neighborhood wellbeing. Join CCLR and GWUSA for a topic talk on the development and uses of the Equity Guide. | CCLR Speaker: Devyn Rainwater |
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