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New Partners for Community Revitalization is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization working to revitalize New York’s low- and moderate-income neighborhoods and communities of color that are disproportionately impacted by brownfield sites. NPCR is widely recognized as being instrumental in the conceptualization and creation of the New York Brownfield Opportunity Areas (BOA) Program. To date, NPCR has helped secure $32.4 million in BOA grants for over 100 communities across New York State. Uniquely positioned as an "honest broker," NPCR fosters beneficial relationships between developers, public officials, community organizations and environmental justice organizations. With a successful track record of bringing diverse perspectives together, we are a policy and opinion leader on brownfields, the area-wide approach and community engagement. NPCR's city, state and federal policy activities are further informed by our site-specific brownfields redevelopment and BOA project work with nonprofit and for-profit developers and community development leaders.

NPCR Updates

March 20, 2012: NYS Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that $3.45 million has been awarded to 15 communities and municipalities participating in the state's Brownfield Opportunity Areas (BOA) program. NPCR Executive Director Jody Kass was quoted in the Governor's press release."Governor Cuomo's 'Brownfield Opportunity Areas' program will help turn brownfields that are currently holding back communities into sites that foster economic opportunity."

February 16, 2012: NPCR's Brownfield Financial Incentives Roundtable was on Feb.16, 2012, in NYC. NPCR assembled an expert panel of environmental and tax attorneys, environmental justice and community development organizations, developers, practitioners and state and federal regulatory personnel to discuss the current status of the state's Brownfield Tax Credits, the impact of the 2015 sunset provision and what it all means. Learn more.

January 17, 2012: More than 200 people gathered for NPCR's 4th Annual Brownfields Forum, held on January 17th in New York City, coincident with NPCR's Ten Year Anniversary (see press release). Kicking off the Forum were written remarks from Secretary of State Cesar Perales (read remarks). The BOA EXPO, a centerpiece of the Forum this year, was designed to strengthen alignment between the redevelopment projects emerging from communities in the Brownfield Opportunity Areas (BOA) program and the public and private sector resources connected with Governor Cuomo's ten Regional Economic Development Councils (REDCs). Read more.

November 2011: NPCR kicks off its new Membership Campaign with Revitalization and Renewal, our first E-Newsletter. We invite you to join and support our community redevelopment and revitalization work. NPCR Membership provides access to resources and offers priority placement for multiple programs, networking events, speaking opportunities, and much more. Join today.

November 2011: NPCR releases Accelerating Economic Development: The Area-Wide Approach of the Brownfield Opportunity Areas Program. The report sheds new light on how community supported brownfields redevelopment augments New York's emerging regional economic development strategies, and highlights additional state and federal programs that can be used to pick up the pace of brownfields related jobs creation and advance revitalization projects.

October 12, 2011: New Partners New Connections was the theme of a landmark event that took place in midtown Manhattan at the first NPCR Pipeline & Networking breakfast roundtable (see NPCR press release). Sixty participants, including developers, community organizations, as well as lawyers, planners, consultants, insurers and government officials, all interested in advancing redevelopment projects, gathered to learn about opportunities emerging in communities across the five boroughs. Read more.

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May 9, 2012: May Roundtable - "BOA and the Working Waterfront" June 4-5, 2012: 6th Annual NPCR Albany Brownfields Summit See the full Calendar of Events.

• Accelerating Economic Development: The Area-Wide Approach of the Brownfield Opportunity Areas Program, November 2011 (PDF) • Smart Growth Outlook 2011: Challenges and Opportunities in Brownfields, Area-wide Planning & Implementation, December 2010 (PDF) Read more NPCR reports