Renate Mengelberg’s name fits neatly with her job of overseeing brownfield development in Clackamas County, just east of Portland, Oregon. Her first name “Renate” means “new life.” In charge of the Clackamas County Brownfields Program, she helps breathe new life into contaminated properties as she orchestrates the people, funding and forces needed to nudge or [...]
Two Washington projects win Phoenix Awards: Rainier Court , a mixed-use development located south of downtown Seattle, has won the prestigious Phoenix Award for EPA Region 10. Built to provide affordable housing and commercial opportunities, Rainier Court stands on 7 acres of former industrial sites and garbage dumps. In eastern Washington, the redevelopment of [...]
With giant mountain ranges, vast river valleys and thousands of miles of coastline, Alaska is a nature lover’s dream. Yet the very qualities that attract tourists can cause big headaches for brownfields. Simply raising awareness about brownfields is harder when everyone is surrounded by stunning natural beauty and what appears to be limitless wilderness. And [...]
Got a brownfield but lack the monetary means to tackle it?
All four Region 10 states are able to help organizations clean up brownfields by loaning out federal EPA money, but not every would-be developer is an eligible borrower because those funds are meant for public, nonprofit entities.
There are a myriad of other funding resources available, [...]
Sharon Kophs is a dealmaker. But she isn’t the kind with an overly firm handshake or a steely glint in her eye.
Kophs, works for Washington State’s Department of Community, Trade and Economic Development (CTED), and is decidedly low-key. Just don’t let her niceness and small-town folksiness fool you. As program manager for the $5.8 million [...]
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