CCLR Webinars

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Hops, Barley, Water and Contamination... You've heard about brownfields, but do you know about brewfields? Local and national brewing companies are setting up shop on top of redeveloped brownfields. From EPA to IPA, come hear from experts about successful projects in North Carolina, Virginia and Idaho and what it took to open the brewery door. 

Speakers: 
Sarah Fraser | New Belgium Brewing 
Dave McCormack | Waukeshaw Development 
Meade Anderson | Virginia Department of Environmental Quality 
Steve Gill | Idaho Department of Environmental Quality

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Rural areas, declining small towns, and isolated neighborhoods within cities can all be challenging places to launch a redevelopment project. Due to stagnating economic conditions, the risk of investing in a redevelopment project can be very high. And yet, these neighborhoods are often the ones that need an economic boost or property facelift the most. Are rural areas, small towns, and isolated neighborhoods destined to decay, or to wait until the market changes (which may never happen)? 

In such situations, thinkers like E.F. Schumacher, (Small is Beautiful) encourage us to avoid common best practices for land reuse and to think smaller and more locally to build the necessary momentum for revitalization. Using a suite of techniques known as "New Economy" strategies, developers can begin to think differently about how to mitigate the risks associated with projects in areas that are otherwise unlikely to be developed. With only a few small changes to how we think about land reuse in rural areas, it is possible to generate organic momentum around traditional and non-traditional projects. 

Speakers: 
Michael Fortunato | Creative Insight Community Development 
Bruce Balfour | Creative Insight Community Development

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Opportunity Zones provide a critical economic tool to cities interested in brownfields redevelopment. Join local government leaders nationwide on a webinar describing how communities can take advantage of the new tax law to spur economic investment in low-income communities. The bill includes a provision that enables governors to designate “Opportunity Zones” where investors will receive tax benefits in exchange for private investment in vulnerable and underserved areas. The new tax incentive will help communities attract developers and financial capital to corridors impacted with contaminated properties. 

Speakers: 
Blase Leven | Kansas State University 
Andrew Seth | Sustainable Strategies DC 
Maurice Jones | City of Dubuque, IA 
Jane Campbell | National Development Council

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Redevelopment sites throughout the U.S. are confronted by how to manage surplus marginally-to- moderately contaminated soil. The default practice of landfilling surplus soil is neither an efficient nor viable long-term option, economically or environmentally. Learn how an influential model based in the United Kingdom is addressing the issue of limited landfill space and the market for soil reuse at redevelopment sites. You’ll learn about the CL:aire model: how it evolved and is working today; and its applicability to states in the U.S. facing the same challenges. 

Speakers: 
Sarah Sieloff | Center for Creative Land Recycling 
Martha Faust | Minnesota Brownfields 
Nick Willenbrock | CL:aire

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Redevelopment sites throughout the U.S. are confronted by how to manage excess soils, presenting challenges in terms of contamination, project timing, staging areas, liability protection, and more. Learn about different approaches that governments around the country have developed to respond to this challenge, and what the future could hold.

Speakers:

Martha Faust | Minnesota Brownfields

Dan Walsh | NYC Mayor’s Office of Environmental Remediation

Kevin McCarty | GEI Consultants

Amy Hadiaris | MN Pollution Control Agency

Brooke Furio & David Emerman | U.S. EPA , Ohio EPA

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Learn how brownfields are being safely transformed into assets that support community health in a variety of ways, from gardens to clinics. Learn how the growing trend of brownfields to healthfields might help inform your project. 

Speakers: 
Christina Wilson | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, R8 
Roseanne Albright | City of Phoenix, AZ 
Benjamin Fahrer | Top Leaf Farms

Johanna Roth | Center for Creative Land Recycling

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Ever wonder how the plant kingdom can contribute to your remediation efforts? Our in-depth dive will let you into the mechanics, best practices, trends and the latest research on phytoremediation.

Speakers:

Laura Burnett | Burnett Land and Water

Kate Kennen | Offshoots Inc.

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Dig and haul. Pump and treat. These approaches are so 1990 and may create as many environmental impacts as the original problems. Learn how new in-situ treatment technologies reduce the risks and advance the interim or final reuse of brownfield sites.

Speakers:

Arul Ayyaswami | TetraTech

Joe Muzzio | Reterro

Please view a recording of the webinar here. Join your Technical Assistance to Brownfield Communities (TAB) providers CCLR, KSU and NJIT for an introductory webinar on remediation technologies. Hear about various aspects of the most common remediation technologies, including advantages/disadvantages, success and long term effects of different types of cleanup. You will learn about the differences between area-wide vs. single site approaches, working with state regulators, and considerations for public sector and community stakeholders. 

Speakers:

Elizabeth Limbrick | New Jersey Institute of Technology 
Mark Walker | Kansas State University
Ignacio Dayrit | Center for Creative Land Recycling 
 

Please view a recording of the webinar here. Garbage in, garbage out. What does that mean when it comes to redeveloping landfills? Learn everything you need to know about landfill reuse including closure, allowable uses, and trends. 
Speakers: 
Joe Miller | SCS Engineers 
Mike McLaughlin | SCS Engineers 
Sarah Sieloff | Center for Creative Land Recycling