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CCLR assisted 91% of the EPA Brownfields Grant selectees in Regions 9 and 10, securing $30.9 million in funding The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced the selectees of its latest Brownfields Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup (ARC) Grants. A total of 214 grant awards, amounting to over $224 million in crucial funding, will […]
Time spent in a well-planned and maintained park is a lesson in slowing down and enjoying life. Plants enrich the soil, soil feeds plants and creates a home for worms, song birds and squirrels find homes and nourishment. That same park absorbs run off to ...
Smithers West Virginia is a scenic small city of 950 residents embraced between a bend in the Kanawha River and the Appalachian Mountains. Like many towns in the region, Smithers began as a coal camp for mining employees and once hosted coal processing fa...
The Equitable Community Revitalization Grant (ECRG) program, administered by California’s Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), has been instrumental in transforming Bay Area brownfield sites into assets that promote economic growth and pro...
When disaster strikes, what happens next? Can a community anticipate rebuilding before the next one? After natural disasters come a stream of articles, opinion pieces and forums on how communities should rebuild. Strategies to protect from future disaster...
The Center for Creative Land Recycling provides cost-free technical assistance to governments, tribes and nonprofits throughout the American West (EPA Regions 9 and 10). Last year, we helped 328 communities answer land reuse questions, identify funding so...
Why are we talking about faith properties in the context of brownfields, you ask? The fact is that many old church buildings are laden with environmental hazards or conditions that render them hard to redevelop and it’s common to find them vacant or a...
