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|  Big Apple Brownfield Workshop: Where is the Money?
PlaNYC estimates that the City has 7,600 acres of brownfield property, which are vacant or underutilized sites where redevelopment is significantly delayed or inhibited by real or perceived environmental contamination. MOER recognizes the importance of educating the public, especially the development community, about available grants, loans, services, and other financial incentive programs intended to promote the proper cleanup of contaminated land and the continued emergence of NYC brownfield redevelopment projects. The cost of remediating environmental contamination is challenging, especially in a financially stressed market. Despite the financial obstacles, there are resources to move forward. The development community has shown an interest in brownfield redevelopment, with attendees in private development, community economic development, and finance accounting for 15% of the 241 registered attendees. The workshop format included a variety of speakers, a panel discussion, and a poster display session. The speakers gave informative and detailed presentations on financial incentives open to the development community. The panel discussion provided insight and advice on the ways the current fiscal market has impacted brownfield redevelopment. For more details on the workshop components, click the following links:
Speakers and Topics The workshop speakers provided nearly three hours of presentations on financial resources. The topics and speakers at the workshop were:
Click here for a PDF of all the presentations combined. Panel Discussion
According to our panelists, the key components to remediating environmental contamination on brownfield properties include:
OER advocates performing proper due diligence for a site before planning a pre-application meeting with OER to assist in determining which financial resources may be applicable. Qualified environmental consultants will ensure the environmental cleanup is performed in an effective and cost efficient manner. In addition, multi-use redevelopments, such as residential housing and commercial retail space buildings, are more likely to receive clean-up funds because they create local jobs and contribute to the economic revitalization of the neighborhood. Moderator: Andrea Kretchmer, Developer, The Kretchmer Companies Panelists: Larry Schnapf, Special Council, Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP, Mark Chertok, Partner, Sive Paget & Riesel, Stephen Parnes, Vice President, EnviroFinance Group, Brian Mende, Principal, Partner Engineering, Bob Knakal, Chairman and Founding Partner, Massey Knakal The
Exhibit Hall
Twenty-four leading environmental firms consisting of
consultants, lawyers, insurers, and an analytical laboratory sponsored the event
and participated in the exhibit hall by presenting at tables with posters and
giveaways about their services.
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The Mayor's Office of Environmental Remediation (OER) was proud to host
the "Big Apple Brownfield Workshop: Where is the Money?" on June 16, 2009 at the
The Graduate Center at the City University of New York. This workshop was the
second in a series of educational events created by OER to encourage brownfield
redevelopment in New York City. The workshop highlighted the different
opportunities for financial assistance intended to facilitate the clean up and
redevelopment of brownfield sites located throughout the five boroughs.
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On Earth Day in April 2007, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg announced PlaNYC,
New York City's environmental blueprint for management of its infrastructure
and growth in the first half of the 21st century. In that plan, the Mayor
identified the importance of cleanup and redevelopment of properties that
were abandoned or underutilized due to the presence or perceived presence
of contamination.  Read More |
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The Mayor’s Office of Environmental Remediation (OER) recognizes that
citizens in New York City have a strong interest in the quality and protectiveness
of brownfield cleanup work performed in their neighborhoods. Read
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