Lower the environmental and health risk footprint of a brownfield remediation/redevelopment project beyond regulatory requirements; report brightfield projects.
Best Practice of this action
Rating Guideline
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Document steps beyond regulatory requirements to remediate a brownfield, using MPCA/other best practices. |
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Document how the redeveloped parcel has created jobs; is redeveloped as a mixed-use site. |
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Document the "green" nature of businesses locating on the redeveloped parcel; add renewable energy generation capacity on a brownfield; finalist/winner of MN Brownfield's Rescape award. Note if a land bank was used for site acquisition/parcel assembly and redevelopment. |
Resources
- See Minnesota Brownfields for a definitive resource guide, case studies, research on multiple benefits of brownfield clean-ups, a fund-finding tool, a MN Dept. of Health Brownfield Public Health Indicator Tool, and an excellent e-newsletter announcing upcoming grant and loan application deadlines.
- Creating Community-Based Brownfield Redevelopment Strategies (American Planning Association: 2010) aims to help residents actively and effectively participate in brownfield site redevelopment and understand how different development strategies can benefit their communities.
- Sustainable brownfield resources from the Northeast-Midwest Institute and case studies from Redevelopment Economics.
- US EPA resources on sustainable brownfields, and their RE-Powering America’s Land Initiative, which has a tool for assessing the suitability of sites for renewable energy development on current and formerly contaminated lands (brightfields), landfills and mine sites.
Order Number
5
Action Type
Finite