Brownfields Training

NPCR’s Training/Workshops in 2010

NPCR conducted its first workshop, focused on the Department of State’s Spotlight Communities Initiative and the recently announced Place- Based Regional Collaboration Pilot, at its Brownfields Summit IV in Albany on May 10-11, 2010. Additional workshops will be announced so please check back.

NPCR’s Training/Workshops in 2009

NPCR’s first workshop, on February 11th, 2009, was hosted by Enterprise Community Partners. About 50 representatives of BOA Community Based Organizations, Community Development Corporations, Local Development Corporations, Community Development Financial Institutions and other brownfield advocates and professionals attended. The program included seminar presentations on Brownfield Basics, the Brownfield Opportunity Program (BOA), and Transactional Issues, as well as a case study of the Fifth Avenue Committee’s Atlantic Terrace Project, which focused on Brownfield Tax Credits and Scheduling/Sign off issues. The workshop concluded with policy updates at the City, State and federal levels.

NPCR’s second workshop coincided with the April 27th/28th, 2009 Albany Summit III on Brownfields. NPCR provided a summary of site assessment resources drawn from its recent White Paper “Using Public Dollars for Brownfield Site Assessments.” and moderated a panel of Government agency representatives and municipal and community leaders from around the state about the opportunities and challenges of using federal and state dollars for site assessment. The workshop also included presentations by the two of the three BOA Spotlight Communities and presentations by agency representatives about brownfield redevelopment projects that involved DEC and/or EPA funds for site investigation and/or cleanup and how these resources/programs fit together.