CCLR Workshops

Updated March 4, 2021

Written by Rachel Ross, Communications Coordinator

The extraordinary array of CALRC conference sessions are now available to view!

2020 has been a challenging year, to say the least. CCLR and our partners at U.S. EPA and DTSC created this year’s California Land Recycling Conference to address head-on the relationship between redevelopment and the struggles we’re facing in public health, climate change, and racial injustice. “The scope and breadth of the redevelopment field can feel daunting, but it is important that as land reuse practitioners, we make every effort to understand its intricacies and interdisciplinary nature. That is key to better brownfields redevelopment,” CCLR Program Manager, Claire Weston, said during her welcoming remarks on day two of the conference. 

Posted February 24, 2021

Written by Ignacio Dayrit, Director of Programs

Everybody knows what a webinar is. It’s predictable. Unimaginative. And short-lived. 

At the onset of COVID, webinars were the most common way of hosting meetings, conferences, and training, raising the specter of endless unimaginative webinars full of PowerPoint presentations. CCLR anticipated that webinars would continue to be a primary outreach method for the long-haul. Despite having captive audiences, it would not make for interesting or engaging events. Enter the MOVIENAR. Coined and first envisioned by CCLR, this pre-recorded and edited mashup of a webinar and a documentary movie can be used in place of a webinar but can also stand alone as a mini-documentary. It’s a more interesting format and is versatile beyond the original screening. It could be a more engaging alternative for many organizations performing virtual outreach.

Posted August 12, 2020

Written by Rachel Ross, Communications Coordinator

The first Hawaii Virtual Brownfields Workshop was packed with information on brownfields basics, Hawaii environmental regulations and assistance, EPA financial and technical assistance, and case studies. This was the first multi-day conference that CCLR has hosted for land reuse professionals in Hawaii and the Pacific Islands, and the information was customized to specific programs, regulations, and emerging issues in Hawaii and the Pacific Island territories. Read on for links to the workshop slides and recordings. 

Posted July 1, 2020

Register Today -- California Land Recycling Conference Returns Virtually in September

The California Land Recycling Conference 2020 (CALRC 2020) is an invaluable virtual gathering that brings together leaders who are working to build community resilience through brownfield remediation and land recycling. Using a mixed media approach of recorded speakers, live panel discussions, and customized breakout sessions, the conference is focused on the most relevant topics in funding, housing, regulatory frameworks, and technical guidance to help our region spark economic recovery through strategic land reuse. 

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Professional Guidance and Funding for NY's Economic Recovery: Register Now for CCLR's Redevelopment Summit

Now in its fifth year, CCLR’s Redevelopment Summit is the largest convening of community, municipal and redevelopment professionals focused on the beneficial reuse of blighted properties.
 

As in years past, the Summit will deliver an unparalleled assortment of land reuse resources, learning opportunities, and networking. Experts and practitioners will provide cutting edge information, professional guidance, and funding resources to propel your economic recovery and community revitalization goals forward.

Register Today!

Written by Claire Weston, Program Associate

Posted March 20, 2020 

How do we work together to build a better, stronger Virgin Islands? Dr. Clanicia Pelle from the VI Department of Planning and Natural Resources (DPNR) and Schenine Mitchell from the U.S. EPA grapple with this question on a daily basis. Ahead of the *It Takes a Village: Working Together for Revitalization Summit, organized by the U.S. EPA, Center for Creative Land Recycling, and VI DPNR, I took some time to speak with these experienced practitioners to learn more about the VI’s unique redevelopment challenges, the strides they’ve made thus far, and what’s next in land reuse and community development.

*Due to the developing health crisis, this event has been postponed. A replacement date is being considered.

Written by Sarah Sieloff, Executive Director & Ignacio Dayrit, Program Director

Published on November 11, 2019

Sustainability, resilience and livability are prominent issues in our daily lives, and are important in how and what we plan for our communities. Climate change is at the root of these issues. In order for communities to sustain economies and environments, be resilient to natural disasters, and improve quality of life, we need to anticipate the effects of climate change. At Brownfields2019, CCLR is facilitating two sessions that address climate change from different angles.

This blog was prepared by the authors in their own individual capacities. The opinions expressed in this blog are the authors' own and do not reflect the views of the Center for Creative Land Recycling, its Board or its staff.  

Published on October 4, 2019

Guest post by Peter Trio & Robert Ungar

Modernism was meant to provide a fresh approach to the way in which we design our cities. Free from the constraints of historic precedent, design was no longer an aesthetic, it was function. With Modernism as their new tool, architects now had the ability to shape the life of those living between their walls. Suburbs sold Americans the promise of light, air, and space, but relocating required them to leave behind the community of the urban core. Austrian immigrant and architect Victor Gruen would introduce to America a cure for the social isolation caused by suburbia: the shopping mall. In 1956, the first mall of its kind opened in Southdale, Minnesota, promising community, commerce, and a palette of native California landscape. The idea spread like wildfire. By 1990, thousands of indoor shopping centers had sprouted up across the United States.  Prairies, forests, and wetlands were exchanged for asphalt parking lots and big box department stores. The need for community in suburbia was the bait for consumerism.  For the first time in history, the civic center of town would be under a privately owned roof and thus at the mercy of a capitalist system. The relationship was symbiotic, as the landlords provided a healthy tax base for the region in return for the subsidization of automobile infrastructure.

By Johanna Roth, Program Associate

Published August 28, 2019

On Friday, August 16, the Center for Creative Land Recycling joined forces with Los Angeles non-profit Mujeres de la Tierra to host an evening workshop to provide education and facilitate  discussion surrounding land reuse and the LA River Revitalization.  The workshop was followed by a bus tour of former brownfields-turned-parks on Saturday, August 17. 

By Johanna Roth, Program Associate, Center for Creative Land Recycling

Published August 28, 2019

El viernes 16 de agosto, el Centro para el Reciclaje Creativo de Tierras unió fuerzas con la organización sin fines de lucro Mujeres de la Tierra de Los Ángeles para organizar un taller nocturno con el propósito de brindar educación y facilitar la discusión sobre la reutilización de la tierra y la revitalización del río LA. El sábado 17 de agosto, después del taller, se hizo un recorrido en autobús por los antiguos brownfields convertidos en parques.