What We Do

Reclaim, Connect, Transform.

CCLR is the nation’s leading nonprofit dedicated to transforming communities through land reuse and brownfield redevelopment because everyone deserves clean, healthy, and safe places to live, work, and play in. We provide the resources and expertise to get your projects done! Learn more about us and how we can help.

Read our 2023 Impact Report

News and Events

News
Past Land Use Decisions Reinforce Inequalities – A New Guide Offers a Path to Community-Led Redevelopment to Foster Environmental Justice and Equity. Non Profits The Center for Creative Land Rec...
Events
This workshop will feature case studies and tools from our recently published toolkit, “Advancing Equity: A Practical Guide to Engaging and Activating Community Voices.” During this 90-minute work...
Events
CCLR's Norman Wright will present at the Northwest Environmental Business Council's Oregon Brownfields Conference on August 20-21st....
Webinars
Do you have a large brownfield or landfill in your community that you’d like to convert into clean energy? Join the Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) and the Center for Creative Land Recycling (CCLR) f...
Events
Join Washington Department of Ecology and CCLR for half-day workshops to explore redevelopment, funding, and partnerships for your brownfields!...
News
US EPA Brownfield grants are often a significant source of funding for the assessment and cleanup of sites with potential environmental contamination. In past years, historic levels of funding from th...
About Us

Land reuse transforms communities.

Land recycling is about more than cleaning up and rebuilding on properties. How we choose to design and utilize the landscape is at the root of our quality of life. It is the basis of many environmental, social, and economic issues.

Services

Our technical assistance services provides training and support to start or restart your brownfield program, develop end-use visioning, and everything in between.

CLR can help you identify the right grants, private financing options, and incentives that meet your community’s needs and land reuse vision.

Effective brownfield grant management and understanding federal procurement policies are essential for redevelopment success.

CCLR can provide expert advice to help you make decisions and navigate cleanup requirements.

Equitable and sustainable land reuse projects empower marginalized communities in shaping how land is used to address inequity and support community assets.

CCLR works as a prime and subcontractor on many public and private funded land revitalization contracts.

Before & After

01
West Sacramento Bridge District
1983
2018

Before & After

Image of a new building, the bakery lofts
Image of an old, dilapidated building
02
Bakery Lofts: Emeryville, CA
1998
2003
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