community engagement

India Basin Shoreline Park, San Francisco looking out over park features and the Bay

Turning Brownfields Into Parks: Nature-Based Solutions and Community Resilience

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...

CCLR and Partners Receive EPA Award for Community Solar Planning in Nevada

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,�...

Groundwork USA and CCLR Release “Advancing Equity in Land Reuse and Visioning”

Past Land Use Decisions Reinforce Inequalities – A New Guide Offers a Path to Community-Led Redevelopment to Foster Environmental Justice and Equity. Non Profits The Center for Creative Land Recycling and Groundwork USA Provide Strategies, Tools and...