International Dark Sky Week is March 31st to April 7th.  It’s appropriate that International Dark Sky Week overlaps with National Public Health Week, since light pollution and health are intimately linked. Light pollution is an especially important topic for land recyclers, because each redevelopment project offers a chance to start fresh, and that includes the way we illuminate our world. 

The San Francisco Chronicle recently announced a generous grant from the Pritzker Family Fund to help open the India Basin Shoreline Park in southeast San Francisco as part of the Blue Greenway The park is slated to be completed by 2025, 15 years after CCLR assisted the non-profit SF Parks Alliance with its successful application for a planning and community outreach grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) brownfields program.

Racial segregation in housing…was a nationwide project of the federal government in the twentieth century, designed and implemented by its most liberal leaders. Our system of official segregation was not the result of a single law that consigned African Americans to designated neighborhoods. Rather, scores of racially explicit laws, regulations, and government practices combined to create a nationwide system of urban ghettos, surrounded by white suburbs.  

Submit your property to present in the Pitch Panel at CCLR's 4th Annual New York State Redevelopment Summit in June, 2019 in Albany. Developers will provide feedback on your elevator pitch and marketing materials to help you gain perspective on the steps you can take to increase the value of a property and build investor interest.

Collaboration and diversification of resources and expertises were key messages echoed at Driving Revitalization Through Redevelopment and Resiliency workshop organized by the Center for Creative Land Recycling held on December 4, 2018 at the Viana Hotel in Westbury, NY. Over 110 people attended this unique workshop to learn about the trends in Long Island redevelopment and to mingle with leading state experts to turn community blights into admired spaces for economic development and sustainable living. 

On October 24 and 25th, CCLR, DTSC and US EPA convened over 250 redevelopment stakeholders for an intensive two-day land recycling workshop. From pitch competitions, office hours, mobile tours and an after hours brownfields karaoke sing-a-long, the conference was packed with networking, learning, and a bit of fun. 

CCLR’s “Igniting Revitalization” workshop on November 8, 2018  in Syracuse attracted redevelopment stakeholders from Central New York, Mohawk Valley and other parts of New York State,  The importance of aligning a revitalization project with a robust mix of assets was stressed repeatedly by participants across all lines of expertise.

Over  60 attendees from municipalities, state and federal government agencies and private sector professionals joined the NJ Brownfield Interagency Working Group at “Accelerate Land Reuse for Community Revitalization” at the Middlesex County Fire Academy on October 9, 2018. Speakers included a group of experts with redevelopment experience in legal, landscape design, remediation, municipal leadership, and development as well as representatives from federal and state agencies. 

The magnificent venue for the NJ Brownfield Interagency Working Group’s “Accelerate Land Reuse for Community Revitalization” was the 90-acre former landfill that has been transformed into the Salvation Army Kroc Center in Camden, New Jersey. The workshop included technical, legal, environmental, as well as federal, state, city, and private developer perspectives on land reuse and revitalization. The goal of the collaborative meeting was to assist municipal and county officials with vital tools to understand how to recycle contaminated sites for community wellbeing and sustainable development.  

Lean more about the four cities participating in California Land Recycling Conference "Perfect Your Pitch". Property summaries available here.