So often the murkiness and complexity of contaminated sites make it hard to imagine a happy ending for them. It’s encouraging then to learn about a site that will be cleaned up as part of a massive green space project. That’s just what’s happening with a former concrete plant located in Gorst, Washington.
The Port Orchard [...]
In 2004, North Portland Bible College got serious about expansion.
Over the years, the small private college had acquired adjacent land through donations and purchases. All told, the college had about two-thirds of a city block to build on.
The idea was to turn vacant land into classrooms and a new library, as well as a family [...]
Charlie Bartsch is truly a brownfields missionary. He even invented the term: After a long day of meetings in Chicago in 1992, Bartsch blurted out, “Greenfields! I’m sick of greenfields. Let’s talk about brownfields!” And the term stuck.
These days, Bartsch is a senior policy analyst with the Northeast Midwest Institute, a Washington, D.C.–based, nonprofit research [...]
Just Awarded! The EPA has awarded 23 assessment and cleanup grants to Region 10 projects. For a complete list, see http://www.epa.gov/swerosps/bf/05grants/fy05_all.pdf or http://www.epa.gov/brownfields/05grants/05grants_reg.htm.
August 23-24: 2005 Oregon Brownfields Conference. More information at http://www.nebc.org/OregonBrown.aspx or contact Gil Wistar at 503-229-5512.
August 27-30: NADO 2005 Annual Training, Seattle. More information at http://www.nado.org/meetings/atc.html.
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