News
- 01/21/2012
The stats on Staats - 11/30/2011
Exteme Makeover: Brownfields Edition Kicking Off - 11/28/2011
TS&T cleanup grant awaiting approval - 11/17/2011
Clean-Up Continues at TS&T Site - 11/15/2011
Sustainable Energy Parks in Appalachia Request for Applications - 9/14/2011
Effective Branding Helps Communities Shape Their Images - 9/14/2011
Morgantown Conference Aimed at Cleaning Up and Reusing Brownfields - 9/6/2011
2011 Brownsfield Post Conference Edition - 8/11/2011
FOCUS WV Program Request for Proposals Now Available - 7/26/2011
Clarksburg Urban Renewal Authority Request for Redevelopment Proposals
Events
- Brownfields 2013 Conference
May 15-17, 2013
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2011 Annual Northern Brownfields Assistance Center Report
The 2011 Annual Report for the Northern West Virginia Brownfields Assistance Center at West Virginia University is now available. It features the center's activities over the previous year, highlighting our new and expanding programs and a map of many of the brownfields projects we a are assisting.
Who Are We?
Many small communities in rural West Virginia do not have the staff or technical expertise to undertake brownfields redevelopment projects on their own. The Northern and Southern Brownfields Assistance Centers were created to empower communities to plan and implement brownfields redevelopment projects.
The Northern West Virginia Brownfields Assistance Center, Housed at West Virginia University's Water Research Institute, serves the State's northern 33 counties, while the Brownfields Assistance Center at Marshall University, house within the Center for Environmental, Geotechnical, and Applied Sciences, serves the Southern 22 counties.
What is a Brownfield?
The Brownfields Law defines a "Brownfield Site" as:
"...real property, the expansion, redevelopment, or reuse of which may be complicated by the presence or potential presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant."
Brownfield sites include all "real property," including residential, as well as commercial and industrial properties.
The West Virginia Brownfields Assistance Centers
The West Virginia Brownfields Assistance Centers were created to promote economic development and environmental and public health protection through innovative redevelopment of brownfield sites. The Centers promote and coordinate the development of brownfield property by providing training and technical assistance, facilitating site preparation efforts, community involvement as well has helping communities with grant writing and leveraging project funding.
In an effort to provide comprehensive assistance to communities throughout West Virignia, the two centers coordinate by producing state-wide conferences, collaborating on regional projects, and by sharing current brownfields information. The West Virginia Brownfields Assistance Center at Marshall University, located in Huntington, is housed within The Center for Environmental, Geotechnical, and Applied Sciences (CEGAS). The Northern WV Brownfields Assistance Center is housed in the West Virginia Water Research Institute (WV WRI) at the National Research Center for Coal & Energy at West Virginia University in Morgantown, WV.
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