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EPA Selects Urban League of Atlanta to Receive Brownfields Job Training Grant to Boost the Local Economy, Clean Up Communities 

Release Date: February 11, 2026

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The primary priority of this strategy is to provide focused and effective support for the development, refinement, and implementation of state nutrient reduction strategies.

Take Advantage of Compact Building Design: Highlands' Garden Village, Denver, Colorado

Highlands' Garden Village is a mixed-use, infill development built on the site of an abandoned amusement park near downtown.

Take Advantage of Compact Building Design: Belmont Dairy, Portland, Oregon

The Belmont Dairy is a rehabilitated dairy building that provides a variety of housing choices and stores.

Provide Transportation Choices: The Crossings, Mountain View, California

The Crossings transformed a failing mall into a vibrant neighborhood that offers a variety of transportation choices.

Mix Land Uses: Legacy Town Center, Plano, Texas

The Legacy Town Center is the first place in the U.S. to create mixed-use infill by building a town center in an existing office park.

Foster Distinctive Communities: Downtown Brea, Brea, California

The city of Brea built a dynamic mixed-use town center that has redefined the city.

Make Development Decisions Predictable and Fair: Compact Development Endorsement Program, San Francisco Bay Area, California

The Compact Development Endorsement Program can help level the regulatory playing field, which is tilted against smart growth in many communities.

Provide Transportation Choices: King Farm, Rockville, Maryland

King Farm takes full advantage of the wide variety of current and future transportation choices at or near the site.

Mix Land Uses: Eighth & Pearl, Boulder, Colorado

The Eighth and Pearl development exemplifies the potential for successful mixed-use projects on small parcels.

Foster Distinctive Communities: The Can Company, Baltimore, Maryland

The Can Company was transformed into a vibrant, mixed-use retail and office complex.

Direct Development Towards Existing Communities: Uptown District, San Diego, California

The Uptown District demonstrates how redeveloping abandoned retail centers, or "greyfields," can help revive and reconnect communities.

Create a Range of Housing Choices Case Study: Hismen Hin-Nu Terrace, Oakland, California

Hismen Hin-Nu Terrace revitalized a distressed community and provided a variety of high-quality, affordable homes by redeveloping an abandoned retail site.

Encourage Community and Stakeholder Collaboration: East Russell Partnership, Louisville, Kentucky

A wide variety of organizations collaborated to revive the East Russell neighborhood by listening to the community's demands and responding to its needs.

Create Walkable Neighborhoods: Bethesda Row, Bethesda, Maryland

Bethesda Row illustrates the revitalization of a suburban commercial district into a mixed-use, walkable downtown.

Create Walkable Neighborhoods: Northwest Landing, DuPont, Washington

Northwest Landing was designed with a grid of streets and sidewalks that encourages walking and bicycling.

Preserve Open Space and Farmland: Abacoa, Jupiter, Florida

Abacoa demonstrates how compact community design and open space restoration can protect and restore habitats.

Make Development Decisions Predictable and Fair: Green Tape Program, Silver Spring, Maryland

Montgomery County's Green Tape program is making redevelopment in Silver Spring, Maryland, faster and more cost effective by speeding the permitting process for development in the mixed-use city center.

Direct Development Towards Existing Communities: Mizner Park, Boca Raton, Florida

Mizner Park demonstrates how suburban communities can create vital downtowns by redeveloping abandoned shopping centers.

Encourage Community and Stakeholder Collaboration: Barrio Logan, San Diego, California

Residents of Barrio Logan took charge of the redevelopment process to bring new homes and amenities to this low-income neighborhood.