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Community Actions that Drive Brownfields Redevelopment

Steps that will help communities with brownfields move sites into redevelopment. Describes:

How can my community best position itself to successfully reuse our brownfields site?

5 Steps for Successful Brownfield Redevelopment
- Step 1: Lead with stakeholder involvement that empowers the local community to become redevelopment champions
- Step 2: Create a reuse vision that is exciting and realistic
- Step 3: Remove barriers to brownfield redevelopment
- Step 4: Engage developers and end-users
- Step 5: Complete site preparations and close the deal

What have others done? (short case studies from Carlisle, Pennsylvania; Huntington, West Virginia; Toledo, Ohio)
Where can I get more information or assistance? (EPA Brownfields Grants and Direct Technical Assistance, and Other Resources)

Community Actions that Drive Brownfield Redevelopment (pdf) (8.67 MB, June 2019, 560-R-19-002)

Community Actions that Drive Brownfields Redevelopment

Land Revitalization