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NEJAC Public Dialogues
In 1995, the NEJAC recommended to EPA that public meetings be held on the specific issues surrounding the revitalization of urban areas with new industry to provide new jobs, the elimination of the problems associated with abandoned buildings, and efforts to help establish sustainable communities. The concept of holding public meetings in different locations, but about a very specific issue, has become known as the "Public Dialogues."
That year, the NEJAC Waste and Facility Siting Subcommittee and the U.S. EPA co-sponsored a series of public hearings called the Public Dialogues on Urban Revitalization and Brownfields: Envisioning Healthy and Sustainable Communities. These Public Dialogues were held in five cities: Boston, Massachusetts; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Detroit Michigan; Oakland, California; and Atlanta, Georgia. They were intended to provide an opportunity, for the first time, for environmental justice advocates and residents of impacted communities to systematically provide input regarding issues related to the EPA's Brownfields Economic Redevelopment Initiative.
The dialogues resulted in the report "Environmental Justice, Urban Revitalization, and Brownfields: the Search for Authentic Hope (PDF)." (85 pages, 326K, about PDF)
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