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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Redevelopment Opportunities. Disasters present an opportunity to rethink a
community, and most communities have brownfields, derelict sites and buildings, and other impacted properties that create a
headwind for local economies and job creation. Those properties may be ideal for new businesses and can spur development
for local economies.
EPA’s Brownfields program empowers states, communities, and other stakeholders to work together to prevent, assess, safely
clean up, and sustainably reuse brownfields. Revitalizing brownfield sites creates benefits throughout the community.
Brownfields are ofen “location eficient” due to their central location and connections to existing infrastructure. Typically,
brownfields are centrally located in metro areas with good connections to local infrastructure, including roadways and
stormwater utilities.
The ability to reuse existing infrastructure is an important advantage of brownfields redevelopment because it saves on
infrastructure expense and prevents additional environmental degradation from building on greenfields.
Brownfield sites are ofen near other metro services and amenities, such as job centers, shopping, schools, health centers,
transit, and housing. Individuals tend to drive less when living or working in a metro area because they have many choices
for transportation.
The fact sheet links that appear below provide a simple and visual introduction to brownfields, including:
• The process of assessing brownfield sites;
• Where they may be found;
• Frequently reported contaminants and ways contamination may occur;
• Common cleanup methods; and
• Future reuses of cleaned brownfields.
These fact sheets are provided in English and Spanish and can support the outreach eforts of community organizations and
local leaders to identify, address, and clean up brownfield sites, so they can be safely reused in ways that meet community
needs and reduce contaminant threats to public health and the environment.
• Assessing Brownfield Sites.pdf (pdf)
• Evaluacion de Sitios Brownfield (pdf)
• Past Property Uses May Result in a Brownfield Site (pdf) (EPA 560F19006 )
• Los Usos Pasados de las Propiedades Pueden Resultar en un Sitio Brownfield (pdf)
• Environmental Contaminants Often Found at Brownfield Sites (pdf) (EPA 560F19007)
• Contaminantes Ambientales que se Encuentran a Menudo en Sitios Brownfield (pdf)
• Cleaning Up Brownfield Sites (pdf) (EPA 560F19181)
• Limpieza de Sitios Brownfield (pdf)
• Reuse Possibilities for Brownfield Sites (pdf) (EPA 560F19182)
• Posibilidades de Reutilización para los Sitios Brownfield (pdf)
National Association of Counties (NACo) Resilient Counties Initiative. NACo works to strengthen county resiliency by
building leadership capacity to identify and manage risk and allow counties to become more flexible and responsive. Through
the use of sustainable practices and infrastructure, counties will be better prepared to address these issues in a manner that can
minimize the impact on residents and businesses, while helping counties save money.
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