Biography
Sheila has spent several decades directing projects that revitalize communities – including vacant or unutilized buildings, public spaces or downtowns – to realize their potential as economic and community hubs. Her passion is working with stakeholders to draw attention to what makes an area unique and attractive, drawing on aspects of the local culture, history and the arts that might be otherwise overlooked. Sheila previously owned a successful San Francisco-based historic preservation consulting firm, and was a Main Street director on both coasts. She has been a volunteer or board member on multiple nonprofit organizations supporting public art, culture, and social responsibility.
Useful data is the key ingredient in a successful brownfield project and many steps in the reuse cycle will be out of reach until such details are developed. From basic facts about a property’s size and terrain, to more advanced intel on contaminants an...
A Targeted Brownfield Assessment (TBA) is often the best first step a community can take in redeveloping a brownfield — any property where reuse might be complicated by environmental contamination. CCLR sat down with EPA Region 9 to learn more about thi...
Karen Homolac started her career in government serving an unlikely population — unprocessed salmon and herring. Now, after decades in the service of the public, Homolac has retired from her 21 year tenure at Business Oregon, Oregon State’s economic de...
