Resources for Revitalization

October 2024

EPA ARC Grant Applications Due November 14, 2024: Submit yours to CCLR for review!

EPA brownfield grants are highly competitive. Last year, 75% of the applications CCLR reviewed were awarded, securing $14 million in funding for Regions 9 and 10!

Once your draft is ready for review, email it in Microsoft word (doc/docx) format, named APPLICANT NAME_STATE_GRANT TYPE_Review Request to MARCreview@cclr.org



Consultants: If you are sending CCLR an application on behalf of an applicant, you must include the applicant’s contact information and cc the applicant in your email.

Email your applications by Friday November 1st to allow for two rounds of edits. All applications will be reviewed on a first come, first serve basis.

For additional support, schedule a meeting with CCLR.

CCLR extends a HUGE thank you to the nearly 400 attendees of the 2024 California Land Recycling Conference!

We had an amazing time meeting everyone and can't wait to see you again next year (can you believe, we’re already planning for 2025!)

Over three days, CALRC packed in 32 sessions where 80 speakers shared their expertise through diverse and energizing dialogue focused on building a better future on brownfields From the Ground Up.

Read more about CALRC and check out our photo gallery. If you attended CALRC, share your memories on social media with the hashtags #CALRC2024 and #FromtheGroundUp

Washington Brownfield Workshops Recap

The week of September 9th, CCLR and the Washington Department of Ecology held three brownfield workshops in Richland, North Bend and Bremerton Washington. CCLR consultants Joelle Greenland and Antonia Bassett supported the workshops, which were designed to assist cities with populations below 75,000 with brownfield reuse.

The packed workshops were followed by local walking tours of brownfield success stories, one of which included a beautiful ferry ride from the Port of Bremerton to the City of Port Orchard. Not only did these workshops share insightful brownfield information, they were an amazing opportunity to create connections to further local redevelopment projects! Thank you to the speakers, mayors of Bremerton and North Bend for their appearances, and to everyone who attended a Washington workshop!

Help CCLR and WRT Develop Park Funding Framework Guide

Building parks is a vital investment in our collective well-being, but 100 million people in the USA, including 28 million children, don’t have a park within a 10-minute walk from home. To help address this disparity, CCLR and WRT have partnered to create a funding resource aimed at helping resource-limited and overburdened communities build capacity, gain knowledge, and eventually develop parks. As a key player in the redevelopment field, your input on this survey will be instrumental in shaping a more relevant and supportive resource. We thank you for your support.

How to Identify a Brownfield

Watch this video to learn 12 identifiers of brownfields and the importance of conducting an All Appropriate Inquiry (a Phase I environmental site assessment) AAI before you buy the property. CCLR can help you ensure you follow State and EPA regulations for pre- purchase due diligence and through every step of the brownfield reuse process! Set up a meeting with CCLR to get started.

Equitable Communities Revitalization Grant Groundbreaking Successes!

Round 1 grantees for the California Department of Toxic Substances Control’s ECRG grant are improving equity in communities through the beneficial reuse of brownfield projects. This summer, three grantees held groundbreaking celebrations:

Resources for Community Development (RCD) broke ground on Longfellow Corner in Oakland. Longfellow Corner will provide 77 affordable apartments for low-income households in a new, mixed-use, transit-oriented development. RCD received a Cleanup grant for $422,763 that was used to conduct site investigations, progress through regulatory oversight approvals, and prepare the site for redevelopment.

Community Housing Development Corporation (CHDC), and the Friendship Community Development Corporation (co-developer) held a celebration at the site of the new Friendship Senior Housing project, which is currently under construction in West Oakland. CHDC received an ECRG Cleanup grant for approximately $805,000, which enabled them to clean up the site to residential standards.

The City of Lynwood broke ground on the site of a future Northgate Market. The City attempted to redevelop the site for two decades, but was stymied by contamination. A $4.8-million-dollar ECRG Cleanup grant made it possible for a new grocery store, retail and 160 new full time jobs to come to the USDA-recognized food desert. 



CCLR congratulates these successful grantees on their projects and wishes them ongoing success as they build equity in under-resourced and pollution-burdened California communities!

Advancing Equity In Land Reuse: A Practical Guide to Engaging and Activating Community Voices

On September 12, 2024, CCLR and Groundwork USA held an interactive virtual workshop to help land reuse practitioners integrate equity best practices into land reuse projects. If you strive to embed equity at every stage of your brownfield cleanup and land reuse project: Watch the recording and access slides.

CCLR Webinar: Mr. Cleanup Grant: Practical Tips for EPA Cleanup Grant Success

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EPA Webinar: Grants Competition Process Webinar

Recording and Slides

EPA Webinar: FY25 Assessment Grant Narrative/Ranking Criteria

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EPA Webinar: FY25 RLF and Cleanup Grant Narrative/Ranking Criteria

Recording | Slides

BROWNFIELD RESOURCES & FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES