Resources for Revitalization

September 2024

The 2024 California Land Recycling Conference begins September 17!

FY 2025 Brownfields Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Grant Guidelines are now available!

The application submission deadline is November 14, 2024.

EPA is looking to provide more than 230 million dollars in FY25 to help municipalities, tribes, and non profits with the assessment and cleanup of contaminated or potentially contaminated land. Below are some resources to help you craft a winning FY25 EPA ARC Application:

Read our tips for getting started on your FY25 EPA brownfield grant application
Watch our Mr. Cleanup Grant Lunch and Learn for EPA Cleanup Grant Application Success
Schedule a meeting with our Technical Assistance experts to get started on your application
Visit EPA’s Brownfield Grant Website more about FY2025 Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund and Cleanup Grants.
Once you have a completed application, email it as a word document to info@cclr.org

Find information about EPA’s live outreach webinars (no pre registration required) on the Grant Application Resources Page.

Groundwork USA and the Center for Creative Land Recycling are hosting a FREE 6-month coaching cohort

This six-month program will feature workshops and individual coaching to guide you through the creation of an equity-centered work plan to get your project off the ground. You’ll leave this program with new skills, strategies, and resources to support you during every step of the land reuse process.

The program runs from October 2024 to March 2025 - The deadline to apply is September 13! Read more about the program, explore the schedule and curriculum, and join us!

Have you read the Equity Guide?

CCLR and Groundwork USA released Advancing Equity in Land Reuse Planning and Visioning: A Practical Guide to Engaging and Activating Community Voices to help you center environmental justice in your brownfield projects. Read the guide.

Recordings available! Introduction to Brightfields: Opportunities and Technical Assistance Available to Reuse Brownfields & Landfills for Clean Energy

Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) and CCLR introduce brightfields: what they are, where they can be sited, and how to start your brownfield on the path to a bright future. Watch now. And if you’re considering installing clean energy on your landfill or brownfield, reach out to tmassey-green@rmi.org to learn more.

Speaking of Landfills… On the Blog: A Perspective for Building on Landfills

Each year, Americans throw away 300 million tons of trash – that’s nearly 2,000 pounds of trash for every person! There are approximately 3,000 active landfills and as many as 10,000 closed landfills in the US. While landfills present unique reuse challenges, they can be remediated and transformed. Read more in this guest blog from Christina Rain, PE, Senior Project Manager for Langan to learn more.…

EVENTS & WEBINARS

California Land Recycling Conference: From the Ground Up

The 2024 California Land Recycling Conference (CALRC) is only 11 days away!

Read the Agenda

Be sure to join Keynote Speaker Leah Rothstein for a book signing. Just Action: How to Challenge Segregation Enacted Under the Color of Law describes how we can begin to address the United States’ unconstitutional racial landscape, providing dozens of strategies local groups can pursue to redress segregation in their own communities.

50 copies of Just Action are available on a first come, first serve basis.

Thursday, September 12th, 10:00 a.m. PT

Join Groundwork USA and CCLR for an interactive workshop designed to help land reuse practitioners with varying levels of experience and capacity integrate equity best practices into their land reuse projects.

The workshop will feature case studies and tools from our recently published toolkit, Advancing Equity: A Practical Guide to Engaging and Activating Community Voices. Participants will discover practical steps to embed environmental justice principles in every phase of the land reuse process. Register now.

Intro to Tax Credit Finance Web Course from the Council of Development Finance Agencies: September 25-26, 12:00 - 5:00 p.m. ET

This course discusses the practical application of tax credits for supporting new markets, low-income housing, historic preservation, and other local goals. Learn more and register.

FUNDING SOURCES & ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

EPA Office of Community Revitalization is accepting applications for the Recreation Economy for Rural Communities program through October 16

The program provides planning assistance to small towns and rural communities to help them boost their outdoor recreation economy and revitalize their main streets. RERC is a partnership between EPA's Office of Community Revitalization, the USDA Forest Service, the Northern Border Regional Commission, the Appalachian Regional Commission and the Denali Commission. Read more and apply.

The Urban Waters Learning Network is launching a "Silos to Synergy: Integrating Land and Water Programs for Holistic Environmental Action" series, running from September 2024 to May 2025. Read more and register.

EPA Community Change Grants accepting applications on a rolling basis through November 21st

On July 25, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced more than 325 million in funding for 21 selected applications! Read the press release. On August 6, EPA also modified the notice of funding opportunity - be sure to read the revised version and review EPA’s Disadvantaged Communities Environmental and Climate Justice program map.

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