Brownfields are the abandoned or under-utilized warehouses, factories, gas stations, salvage yards, vacant lots, contaminated properties, and other eyesores that plague virtually every community in America. They: 

• cause blight to neighborhoods,                 
• inhibit economic development,                 
• threaten public health and the environment, and                 
• encourage urban sprawl.

The Brownfield Communities Network, is an effort by NALGEP to empower localities to revitalize their communities through the exchange of strategies, tools, and best practices for brownfields cleanup and reuse. Here are a few of the recent webinars the BCN has organized. Click on the links to access more information and the slides from the presentations:

• Job Creation from Brownfields Redevelopment  
• Brownfields Redevelopment, Community Revitalization, and Regional Planning: Making It Work Together 
• Local Food Systems and Brownfields Redevelopment 
• The Brownfields Area-Wide Planning Pilot: Early Implementation and Future Directions 
• Stormwater Management on Brownfield Sites: Constraints, Opportunities, and Regulation Changes 
• Gardening on Brownfields Sites - Is it Safe?     
• Brownfields Reauthorization     
• LEED for Neighborhood Development- The Connection to Brownfields and Local Governments      
• Creative Financing and Partnerships for Brownfields Redevelopment