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By Joelle Greenland, AICP, Senior Planning Consultant, Founder and Principal, Green Lands Consulting The dreaded budget section. No one sets out to write a grant saying, “I can’t wait to talk about the budget!” In fact, many applicants believe that the most critical part of their application is the narrative section – I mean, that’s […]
Senior Brownfield Revitalization Consultant Joy Britt & Senior Program Associate Lujain Altawarah recall their week at the Guam Conference on Island Sustainability We are still buzzing with gratitude and excitement from a truly unforgettable week atte...
What would you do with 2 acres of land long abandoned and now home to six shipping containers and one lonely storage tank? Can you see a future for a vacant lot where a chemicals company manufactured pesticides for 15 years? This is the challenge CCLR and...
CCLR assisted 91% of the EPA Brownfields Grant selectees in Regions 9 and 10, securing $30.9 million in funding The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced the selectees of its latest Brownfields Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup (A...
Public parks are essential components of healthy neighborhoods. In a park ecosystem plants enrich soil, soil feeds plants, plants house and nourish worms, song birds and squirrels. That same park absorbs run off to reduce flooding or serves as a buffer to...
Smithers West Virginia is a scenic small city of 950 residents embraced between a bend in the Kanawha River and the Appalachian Mountains. Like many towns in the region, Smithers began as a coal camp for mining employees and once hosted coal processing fa...
The Equitable Community Revitalization Grant (ECRG) program, administered by California’s Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), has been instrumental in transforming Bay Area brownfield sites into assets that promote economic growth and pro...
