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Cities, developers press toward new brownfields funding

Coalition looks to reauthorization of EPA program designed to clean contaminated sites, but more money will be a tougher sell A multi-association coalition is arguing that the time is right for more contaminated site cleanups, despite the struggling commercial real estate market. And, despite gridlock in Congress, the National Brownfields Coalition may be picking up some bipartisan momentum. The group is pushing for reauthorization of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Brownfields Program. EPA provides grants to assess and clean up former commercial and industrial sites so the land involved can be repurposed. “It actually makes perfect sense for brownfield investment… Read More