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The brownfields funding landscape is shifting. FY27 EPA brownfield grants are reduced compared to FY26 as Inflation Reduction Act and Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) dollars wind down. The decrease was anticipated, but it will still leave many current and potential grantees without a clear path to cleanup and reuse. Compounding this, strained state […]
The Yes In God’s Back Yard (YIGBY) movement is gaining attention as a solution for community development nationwide. However, case studies have been focused on the “Main Street” and mainline faith denomination properties and the most unique and cr...
Public green spaces, including parks, open-space, trails, urban greening, and recreation areas, are a vital element of a vibrant and healthy community, providing boundless social, economic, and physical benefits. However, most communities struggle to find...
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 educa...
This year, CCLR had the opportunity to attend Greenbuild, a conference and expo on sustainable building and high-performance development. The event brought together architects, planners, developers, policymakers, and environmental advocates focused on sha...
Across the country, communities are wrestling with contaminated land. Former factories, railyards, and vacant lots divide neighborhoods and burden local economies. Yet increasingly, these “brownfields” are being reimagined as parks, wetlands, and comm...
EPA’s Office of Land and Emergency Management has recognized CCLR and its partners with a National Notable Achievement Award for the Caselton Mill Vision to Action plan. In 2024, CCLR and our partners: Lincoln County, The Nature Conservancy (TNC), ICF,�...
