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Brownfields

Blue Island Brownfields: Technical Report and Recommendations
The Delta Redevelopment Institute, USEPA Grant # BF-00E42601-0, February 2010  (1.94 MB)

Brownfields Policies for Sustainable Cities, Joel Eisen, Duke Environ- mental Law and Policy Forum, April 1999  (213 KB)

Brownfield Prevention Program: Model Ordinance, Resources,and Data,

Delta Institute, South Suburban Chicago Brownfield Coalition, July 2002  (92 KB)

Brownfields Redevelopment: A Hidden Opportunity For Conservation Biology, Lynne M. Westphal, Jeffrey M. Levengood, Alaka Wali, David Soucek, Douglas F. Stotz, 2004  (277 KB)

Brownfield Redevelopment Strategies for Gary Indiana, Great Lakes Environmental Finance Center Technical Advisory Committee, Cleveland State University, July 1999  (275 KB)

Brownfield Redevelopment Strategies for Gary, Indiana, Great Lakes Environmental Finance Center - Technical Advisory Committee,

Cleveland State University, July 1999  (275 KB)

Brownfields Resource Guide for Rural and Small Communities, National Association of Development Organizations (NADO), 2004  (194 KB)

Chicago Brownfields Initiative: Recycling Our Past, Investing In Our Future, Chicago Department of Environment, Chicago Department of Planning and Development, July 2003  (3.10 MB)

Clean Air / Brownfields Report, The United States Conference of Mayors, December 2001  (380 KB)

Creating Community-Based Brownfield Redevelopment Strategies Resource List, American Planning Association, July 2006  (126 KB)

Ecological Revitalization: Turning Contaminated Properties Into Community Assets, United State Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA),

February 2009  (4.37 MB)

Ecological Riverfront Design: Restoring Rivers, Connecting Communities, American Planning Association, March 2004  (2.27 MB)

Environmental Justice, Urban Revitalization, and Brownfields: The Search for Authentic Signs of Hope, USEPA, 1996  (326 MB)

Guidebook For Brownfield Property Owners, Environmental Law Institute Sustainable Use of Land Program, 1999  (202 KB)

Linking Brownfields Redevelopment and Greenfields Protection For

Sustainable Development, Great Lakes Commission, 2001  (1.17 MB)

Local Brownfield Financing Tools: Structures and Strategies For Spurring
Cleanup and Redevelopment, Charles Bartsch, Barbara Wells, Northeast-Midwest Institute, October 2006  (64 KB)

Models For Renaturing Brownfield Areas, LynneM. Westphal, Paul H. Gobster,
and Matthias Gross, February 2010  (1.67 MB)

Primer For Petroleum Brownfields: What Your Community Can Do To Revitalize UST Sites, Northeast-Midwest Institute National Association of Local Government Environmental Professionals, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Underground Storage Tanks, 2003  (4.38 MB)

Reclamation and Economic Regeneration of Brownfields, United States Economic Development Administration, 2000  (145 KB)

Recycling America’s Gas Stations: The Value and Promise of Revitalizing
Petroleum Contaminated Properties, Northeast-Midwest Institute and The
National Association of Local Government Environmental Professionals,

2002  (3.15 MB)

Recycling America’s Land: A National Report on Brownfields Redevelopment, United States Conference of Mayors, 2006  (517 KB)

Residential Development Activity On Urban Brownfields In Milwaukee And Chicago: An Examination Of Redelopment Trends, Developer Perceptions, And Future Prospects, Christopher De Sousa, Brown-fields Research Consortium, Center For Economic Development, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, September 2006  (1.88 MB)

Smart Growth For Brownfields Development, Chicago Department of Environment (CDOE),  May 2005  (874 KB)

Unlocking Brownfields: Keys To Community Revitalization, National Association of Local Government Environmental Professionals, Northeast-Midwest Institute,  2005  (1.71 MB)

What's Working On Working Rivers: A Handbook for Improving Urban Rivers - Examples From Chicago Area Rivers, Chicago Rivers Demonstration Project, 1999 (1.28 MB)

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