Inventory Support

Mid-Atlantic TAB offers training to communities across Region 3 in how to develop inventories, how to engage the community in that process, and how to prioritize identified properties using locally determined criteria.

Know Your Assets (Yes, 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 Grants, require specific target areas and redevelopment goals

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.

Brownfield Inventory Support Program (ISP)

What it is:

• Community-led inventory process
• Commercial & industrial properties only
• Use existing interactive community mapping tools or resources, such as Regrid

What it isn’t:

• Grant program or direct funding source
• An independent process -- we only come to the community when we are asked
• Immediate action required -- we help communities build capacity, which starts with taking inventory

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. To request assistance or learn more about the inventory training available, contact us at wvutab@mail.wvu.edu.