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The results are in! The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently announced a monumental 193 grant awards totaling over $270 million in funding for the Brownfield Multipurpose, Assessment, and Cleanup (MARC) grant programs. These grants represent a massive step forward for communities looking to transform previously used properties into vibrant, sustainable community assets. A Huge […]
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 (A...
Public parks are essential components of healthy neighborhoods. In a park ecosystem plants enrich soil, soil feeds plants, plants house and nourish worms, song birds and squirrels. That same park absorbs run off to reduce flooding or serves as a buffer 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...