‘Brownfields coordination to the best degree’
When the Anchorage Community Land Trust (ACLT) bought property in 2005 along Mountain View Drive in northeast Anchorage, the nonprofit organization had visions of joining in the city’s goal of revitalizing the low-income neighborhood into a bustling arts and cultural center.
The property had been owned since 1981 by Brewster’s Department [...]
Boise children’s dance, art studio earns first award
The Reuse Idaho Brownfields Coalition last month awarded its first loan and grant from its revolving loan fund.
The recipient of the money is the Treasure Valley Institute for Children’s Arts (TrICA) in Boise, which aims to turn a 100-year-old church into a children’s dance and arts studio (http://www.nwbrownfields-update.com/2008/02/boise-rallies-around-historic-church/). [...]
More guidelines expected to be released soon
Region 10 brownfields programs and their administrators are in a wait-and-see mode, awaiting the release of news and guidelines determining how money from the historic American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 will be distributed among EPA programs.
Susan Morales, EPA’s Region 10 brownfields coordinator, expects more news to come [...]
Grant to expand childcare center’s play area
Frank Walton is now more educated on the topic of brownfields than he probably cares to be.
As the director of business operations at the Salvation Army in Tacoma, Wash., Walton has much on his plate, including overseeing the organization’s many programs, from its emergency shelter to its food bank. [...]
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