A brownfields champion teaches us to emphasize revitalization
In seven years, Sharon Kophs has seen incredible advances in the brownfields program at both the state and local levels. And many say she’s played an impressive role in that growth.
In the beginning, Kophs couldn’t get anyone to spell “brownfield,” much less buy a site. “A lot of [...]
Can an old military site be turned into a tourist attraction?
Many people who have traveled the Alaska Highway are familiar with the beginning of the road in Dawson Creek, British Columbia, and have stopped there to take pictures. But it really isn’t anything to just start the journey. Finishing it is the real chore.
For many [...]
Community fund-raising efforts initiate neighborhood renovation
For two years, Jon Swarthout passed the aging and neglected former Immanuel Methodist Episcopal Church as he went about his business in Boise’s historic north end. He always had one question for the church’s owner: When will you sell it?
Last summer, the owner agreed it was time. At last, Swarthout’s [...]
SeQential Biofuels to be among honorees at national conference
SeQuential Biofuels in Eugene, Ore., the first entirely alternative fueling station in the nation, has received a national award and will be honored at the upcoming National Brownfields Conference.
Sequential Biofuels is the winner of the 2007 UST Phoenix Award, an award given annually to one unique petroleum [...]
The City of Tacoma and its partners have found a way to clean up their community while training people from low-income neighborhoods for in-demand careers in the environmental sciences.
Working with Clover Park Technical College, the Metropolitan Development Council and the Tacoma-Pierce County Employment and Training Consortium, the city aims to see 60 residents of Pierce [...]
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