Building relationships, sticking to goals key to success
With more than $2 million in EPA assessment and clean-up grants earned since 1996, the City of Portland’s Brownfields Program has grown to become a strong player in the brownfields arena, both at home in Region 10 and in the nation.
Most recently, EPA awarded the city three brownfields [...]
TBA clears hurdle for home improvement outlet store
With a piece of property in mind for its home improvement outlet store, Habitat for Humanity of Seattle/South King County had one large hurdle to clear: Before it could purchase the land and warehouse and move forward, officials had to know what kind of contamination lingered below the [...]
April 30 DBA deadline approaches in Alaska
The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation’s (DEC) Brownfield Program is accepting requests from across its state for DEC Brownfield Assessments (DBAs). The deadline for receipt of a DBA request is April 30.
Now is the time for tribes, cities, boroughs, nonprofits, developers and community planners to consider the problem properties [...]
Historic normal school now a catalyst for rural redevelopment
Developers cleaning up a 115-year-old historic teachers college in south-central Idaho are hoping the project is a textbook example of redevelopment at its best in this rural community.
When listing the redevelopment possibilities for the Albion State Normal School, Troy Mortensen of Albion Heritage LLC talks of turning [...]
Phase II assessment begins on WW II cargo ship
Terry Hosaka, a senior associate with a geotechnical contracting company in Portland, has worked on many properties with contamination issues. Brownfields are nothing new to him.
But the Port of Newport International Terminal is a one-of-a-kind, says Hosaka, who works for Landau Associates in Portland. That’s because his [...]
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