Revitalization-Ready Guide

A Guide to Revitalizing Land in Your Community

At first glance, the reuse possibilities for a contaminated (or potentially contaminated) property in your community may be unclear. But thoughtful, inclusive, and upfront planning for property reuse will typically create exciting opportunities within the redevelopment process, such as: 

• including sustainable and equitable development approaches, and
• integrating site assessment and cleanup activities alongside the redevelopment.  

This Revitalization-Ready Guide is designed to provide information for local and county governments, tribes, quasi-governmental organizations and non-governmental organizations interested in facilitating the cleanup and reuse of brownfield properties.

Select a chapter below: 

• Chapter 1: Introduction
• Chapter 2: Community Needs and Concerns
• Chapter 3: Reuse Assessment 
• Chapter 4: Reuse Plan
• Chapter 5: Reuse Implementation Strategy
• Chapter 6: Reuse Implementation
• Appendix A: Risk Management Tools and Approaches
• Appendix B: Local Government Overview of CERLCA, RCRA, PCBs, and Asbestos Regulations
• Workbook
• Full Revitalization-Ready Guide (PDF) (116pp, 3.3MB, About PDF)