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Land Revitalization Update - Summer 2008
Land Revitalization Update is a quarterly electronic newsletter highlighting news,
resources and policies impacting cleanup and reuse of contaminated properties in theMid-Atlantic region. To read the articles in this issue, click on the titles below.
Top Stories — News and Happenings Stories
Sunny Days for Renewable
Energy in Philadelphia The City of Philadelphia is making a green comeback, celebrating the installation of its first solar energy plant, located on one of the city’s most famous brownfields.
Abandoned Quarries Get New Lease on Life
A Superfund site in Upper Merion, Pa. will get a new lease on life thanks to two forwardthinking brownfield redevelopers. Work is well underway on a mixed-use site in suburban Philadelphia.
Using Clean Water Funds for Riverfront Makeover
Old city waterfronts are often unpolished gems, waiting to shine. Thanks to EPA’s Clean Water Revolving Fund, one such gem on the Delaware River will get its chance.
EPA Funds Study of Multiple Chemical Impacts on the Kanawha Valley, W.Va. Known as the Chemical Capital of the World, the Kanawha Valley in West Virginia, will serve as a real-life laboratory to measure impacts from multiple nearby brownfields.
From Rubber to Rutabagas and Rhubarb
A Philadelphia tire and scrap yard will go from being an environmental nightmare to being the central distribution point for produce throughout the region.
Does Your Community Need Tech Help with a Brownfield Project?
The New Jersey Institute of Technology has received an EPA grant to be the technical advisor to brownfields projects along the Eastern seaboard.
Rules & Tools & Conferences
Seminar Enlightens Lehigh Valley Leaders
They learn how to remove the impediment of brownfields from economic development.
Newport News, Va. Is Picture Perfect Brownfields Backdrop
Quintessential brownfield showed potential for turning what once was, into what could be.
Pennsylvania Promotes the Business of Brownfields
Conference showcases three successful redevelopments and the masterminds behind them.
Don’t Miss It — Deadlines and Events
- PA Chapter, Nat’l Brownfields Assoc. Conf. and baseball game
Aug. 14, Sovereign Bank Stadium, York, PA - PA Abandoned Mine Reclamation & Coal Mining Heritage Conf
Aug. 12-14, State College, PA - National Summit of Mining Communities
Sept. 7-11, Butte & Anaconda, Montana - WV Brownfields Conf. 2008
Sept. 10-11, Huntington - PA Brownfields Conf. 2008
Oct. 1-2, Harrisburg
Need Help Applying for a BF Grant?
Four assessment and cleanup grant application workshops are coming up.
For dates and places go to: http://www.epa.gov/reg3hwmd/bfs/whatsnew/pdfs/ R3_Mid_Atlantic_Flyer_071708_w_photo.pdf
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