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The Center for Creative Land Recycling is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting sustainable, community-led and responsible reuse of underutilized and environmentally-impacted properties known as brownfields. In 2025, the CCLR team educated, advocated, assisted and convened stakeholders with the end goal of revitalizing neighborhoods through land recycling. We also reviewed grants that secured more […]
Join us for an engaging and informative session, the Perfect Pitch Competition, at the Brownfields 2023 Conference on Thursday, August 10, from 10:30 am to 12:45 pm in Room 250~A, B, and C. This session is a unique opportunity to hear how to frame a pit...
In many communities there are properties that remain unused despite needs in the neighborhood. These sites, often called brownfields, may host actual or suspected contamination from prior commercial, industrial, agricultural, or residential use. These pro...
Reuse of contaminated land, also known as brownfields, is a long and complex process for any entity, but Tribes can face additional challenges. These challenges range from loss of ownership of ancestral lands, dispersed tribal members with unmet needs,...
On May 25th, the US EPA announced $315 million in funding to support the beneficial reuse of brownfield sites. A total of 262 communities received 267 grant awards in Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup (MARC) Grant fund...
It’s hard to escape headlines about the housing shortage and the social issues caused by everything from unaffordability pushing residents out further from jobs, to the homelessness crisis. According to the National Low Income Housing Coalition, “...
San Diego State University has been awarded $10 million by the U.S. EPA to create an Environmental Justice Thriving Communities Technical Assistance Center (EJ TCTAC). The New SDSU Center for Community Energy and Environmental Justice (CCEEJ) and its part...
