Mid-Atlantic TAB offers training to communities across Region 3 to develop inventories of their brownfields, engage the community in the process, and prioritize identified properties using locally-determined criteria. Benefits for conducting an inventory include knowing your assets, defining target areas for redevelopment, and expanding funding opportunities.
Why Your Community Should Inventory Brownfields
Know Your Assets
- There is no comprehensive list of brownfields in the United States, only EPA estimates
- Creating an inventory helps you to know what you have on hand in your community
Create Target Area
- Build interest and engagement around sites targeted for redevelopment
- Prioritize sites based on community interest and redevelopment goals
Expand Funding Opportunities
- Having an inventoried list expands the potential for funding
- Site prioritization demonstrates vision
- Some funding sources, including EPA Brownfields Grants, require specific target areas and redevelopment goals
Brownfield Inventory Support Program (ISP)
Brownfield inventories help prepare communities to pursue brownfield projects, apply for EPA assessment and cleanup funds, and ultimately reduce threats to the health and welfare of sensitive populations while returning contaminated properties to reuse.
What It Is
- This is a community-led inventory process.
- It includes commercial and industrial properties only.
- We use existing interactive community mapping tools or resources, such as Regrid.
What It Isn't
- It is NOT a grant program or direct funding source. Developing a brownfield inventory can lead to funding opportunities, such as EPA Brownfields Grants , which require specific target areas and redevelopment goals.
- It is NOT an independent process. We only come to the community when we are invited.
- It does NOT require immediate action. We help communities build capacity, which starts with taking inventory.
How It Works
Our team conducts virtual trainings on brownfield inventories, including the utility
of having an inventory and the tools available for implementation throughout the
region. We work with a select number of communities to train volunteers to survey
and identify problem properties, research property history information, identify
community priorities, and create inventories of properties. Maps of community inventories
will be used to overlay census tracts, including sensitive population data and health
access data. Additionally, our team of experts is available to answer questions
and provide support to your local brownfield program or project.
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