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Theme Success Stories
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Success Stories
Construction and Demolition (C&D) Waste Reduction Theme Story
Value-added Deconstruction in South Bend, IN Generates a $1.4 Million Revenue Stream (PDF) (3 pp, 216K)
(Features South Bend, IN)
EPA-560-F-09-001
January 2009
Expanding Markets and Revitalizing Communities (PDF) (3 pp, 243K)
(Features Worcester, MA)
EPA-560-F-08-247
April 2008
Recycling at Automotive Site Spurs Revitalization (PDF) (3 pp, 193K)
(Features Detroit, MI)
EPA-560-F-08-001
January 2008
A Former California Brownfield Recycled (PDF) (3 pp, 153K)
(Features Emeryville, CA)
EPA 560-F-07-228
August 2007
Coordinated Cleanup Approach Theme Story
In Greenville, SC, Coordinating Resources from two EPA Programs Maximizes Their Effectiveness and Results (PDF) (3 pp, 162K)
(Features Greenville, SC)
EPA-560-F-239
March 2008
A Cache of Cleanup Tools: Using a Spectrum of EPA Cleanup Programs to Address a Wide Range of Properties (PDF) (5 pp, 151K)
(Features Oklahoma City, OK, Bellingham, WA, and Houston, TX)
EPA-560-F-09-021
February 2009
Ecological Restoration Theme Story
From Brown to Green: Restoring Ecosystems on Former Brownfields (PDF) (3 pp, 198K)
EPA 560-F-10-210
July 2010
Environmental Insurance Theme Story
Environmental Insurance Helps Ensure Redevelopment (PDF) (3 pp, 714K)
(Features Somerville, MA, and Emeryville, CA Pilots)
EPA 500-F-03-232
July 2003
Greenspace Uses for Brownfields Properties: It Is Easy Being Green (PDF) (3 pp, 292K)
EPA 560-F-10-207
July 2010
Using "Green" Buildings on Brownfields: Using Innovative Architecture to Improve Performance (PDF) (4 pp, 683K)
(Features Baltimore, MD and Cape Charles & Northampton County, VA Pilots)
EPA 500-F-03-249
October 2003
For EPA's Brownfields Program, "Green" Refers to More than the Environment (PDF) (3 pp, 186K)
(Features Springfield, MO, Omaha,
NE, Lewiston, ME, Houston, TX, and Hennepin County, MN Pilots)
EPA 500-F-03-250
October 2003
How Does Your Garden Grow? Brownfields Redevelopment and Local Agriculture (PDF) (4 pp, 1.3M)
(Features Somerville, MA and Shelton, CT)
EPA-560-F-09-024
March 2009
Choosing "Greenspace" as a Brownfields Reuse (PDF) (3 pp, 261K)
(Features Cape Charles & Northampton County, VA, St. Louis County, MO, Portland, OR, Bridgeport, CT, City and County of Denver, CO, and Providence, RI Pilots)
EPA 500-F-03-248
October 2003
Sustainable Reuse—Ensuring that a Brownfield's Reuse Offers the Greatest Social, Economic, and Environmental Benefit to the Community (PDF) (3 pp, 940K)
(Features Bridgeport, CT, Clearwater, FL, and Tacoma, WA Pilots)
EPA 500-F-03-251
October 2003
Improving Public Health in Brownfields Communities-Success Story
Brownfields and Public Health Are Linked in Many Respects (PDF) (4 pp, 179K)
EPA-560-F-07-253
January 2008
EPA Brownfields Job Training Grants — Building Careers and Cleaning the Environment (PDF) (3 pp, 304K)
EPA 560-F-10-209
July 2010
Second Chances through Brownfields Job Training Grants (PDF) (2 pp, 320K)
EPA 560-F-10-208
July 2010
Innovative Solutions Prove the Value in Brownfields Lending (PDF) (3 pp, 829K)
EPA 560-F-04-265
September 2004
EPA Grants Fuel the Redevelopment of Petroleum-Contaminated Brownfields (PDF) (2 pp, 943K)
EPA 560-F-10-213
June 2010
Along Route 66, Cleaning up the Reminders of an Historic Road's Former Glory (PDF) (2 pp, 96K)
(Features Flagstaff, AZ and Albuquerque, NM)
EPA-560-F-09-018
February 2009
Water-Related Cleanup Theme Story
Addressing Water Contamination through Brownfields Cleanup and Redevelopment (PDF) (4 pp, 526K)
EPA 560-F-10-212
July 2010
Youth Involvement in Brownfields Theme Success Story
Across the County, Youth Programs Bring the Issue of Brownfields Home (PDF) (3 pp, 100K)
(Features the Our Town Program and the Brownfield Buster Patch Program)
EPA-560-F-07-217
June 2007