Resources for Revitalization

CCLR’s Data Tools and Platforms Guide:

Resources to Jump Start Your Journey to Revitalization

Think of this guide as your go-to resource for finding and using brownfields data. Find the guide on our Resources page. Then develop a compelling narrative about your community needs, educate project partners and strengthen funding applications!

In December, 2024 EPA announced the selection of 16 organizations to receive nearly $7.5 million in grants for environmental job training programs across the country.

Join EPA for two listening sessions about the FY26 Brownfields Job Training NOFO:

• Listening Session 1: January 14, 11 a.m. - 12 p.m. EST, Zoom link
• Listening Session 2: January 15, 5 p.m. - 6 p.m. EST, Zoom link

And schedule a meeting with CCLR to get your organization ready for the next round of job training funding.

EVENTS & WEBINARS

Join CCLR and EPA Region 9 staff for a three-part webinar series on brownfield revitalization for beginners!

January 29 Introduction to Brownfields: Starting, Structuring, and Navigating Land Reuse in Your Community

March 26 Empowering Community Voices: Effective Outreach, Engagement, and Visioning for Brownfield Projects

May 28 Funding Brownfield Revitalization: Identifying Sources, Crafting Proposals, and Building Partnerships

Save the Date! Alaska Forum on the Environment 2025

February 3-7 in Anchorage, AK Learn more and register.

National Brownfields Training Conference Call for Sessions Open Until January 13, 2025. 

NBC attracts over 2,000 stakeholders in brownfields redevelopment and cleanup to share knowledge about sustainable reuse and celebrate the EPA brownfields program’s success. Submit a session proposal and register today!

Recording and slides available for CCLR Webinar Nature to Nurture: Ecosystem Strategies for Effective Site Clean-Up

FUNDING SOURCES & ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

Thriving Communities Grantmakers Program Round 2 is open! 

Philanthropy Northwest is distributing $40 million in grants to chronically underinvested communities that have been negatively impacted by environmental changes.

Round 2 Applications close February 28, 2025. Read more and apply!

Partners for Places Grant Program: Up to $150,000 in funding!

The Funders Network (TFN), in partnership with the Urban Sustainability Directors Network (USDN), will offer matching awards to support the planning and implementing of urban sustainability and green stormwater infrastructure projects.

The deadline to submit proposals is February 28, 2025. Learn more and apply.

Info Session Webinar January 22, 3:00 p.m. ET.

Washington Ecology's Public Participation Grants: Apply by February 4

Individuals and nonprofit organizations in Washington can apply for up to $120,000 in grant funding from Ecology for two types of projects: those that engage the public in contaminated site cleanups, and those that improve waste management practices. 

Solicitation open from 8 a.m. PT Tues, Jan. 7. -5 p.m. PT Tues, Feb. 4. Learn more.

The Emerging Contaminants in Small or Disadvantaged Communities Grant Provides states and territories with grants to public water systems in small or disadvantaged communities to address emerging contaminants, including PFAS.

Learn more. Submission Deadline: Rolling

One Billion available to provide support in adopting, implementing, and enforcing clean energy codes. Submission Deadline: Rolling. Learn more

2025 Cancer and Environment Mini-Grants National Center for Healthy Housing funding to help communities build capacity and advance scientific understanding of unusual patterns of cancer or efforts to understand potential relationships with environmental hazards. Read more and apply.

Read: PolicyLink’s New Resource Repairing Roots: Historic Black Towns and Spatial Reclamation

Repairing Roots champions a forward-looking perspective that sees reparative spatial justice as an opportunity to heal historical wounds, bridge divides, and create equitable, vibrant, and inclusive communities for future generations. Historic Black towns and settlements are not just sites of memory; they are living examples of cultural stewardship, community power, innovation, and spatial justice.