Conference Updates

Registration already exceeds 200.
Over 40 exhibitors have registered.
Online registration closes Friday September, 3. Registrations will still be accepted at the event.


Held at the Charleston, WV Marriott Town Center

Rediscover Your Senses at the Charleston Marriott Town Center Hotel. Enjoy beautiful, redesigned guest rooms and suites coupled with supreme service and sophistication. Spacious, stylish and alive with color and energy, all rooms.

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Exhibiting & Sponsorships - Patrick Kirby (patrick.kirby@Mail.wvu.edu) or George Carico (carico@marshall.edu)

FOCUS WV Showcase: www.wvbrownfields.com and click on the FOCUS WV tab

 

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Gold Sponsors

Triad Engineering, LLC

triadTriad is a dynamic employee-owned firm of engineers and scientists who take pride in providing practical solutions to meet your project needs and exceed your expectations. Since 1975, Triad has grown from a small geotechnical firm to a multi-disciplinary regional firm with a wealth of resources and technology while keeping the relationship driven approach of our founders. Our success is the result of talented, dedicated employees who listen to the needs of our clients, design practical solutions and deliver results. Your success is our goal. With offices throughout the mid-Atlantic, Triad is your partner from conception to completion.


Silver Sponsors

AMEC Earth and Environmental

AMEC is a full service Brownfields consultancy offering all EPA grant services including pulbic participation, GIS property inventories, grant management and preparation, QAPPs and ESAs.

Jackson Kelly, PLLC

The Jackson Kelly PLLC Brownfields Practice Group has utilized its experience and knowledge of environmental laws to complete many types of redevelopment projects. The attorneys at Jackson Kelly regularly provide counsel to clients regarding remediation and redevelopment projects under the Federal Brownfields Program and the West Virginia Voluntary Remediation & Redevelopment Program, including review of loan documents, financing of projects, negotiation of land use covenants and certificates of completion and advice regarding prospective purchasers, institutional controls, windfall liens, site assessments, All Appropriate Inquiry (AAI) Rule, risk assessments, assessment and cleanup grants and revolving loan fund grants. The Firm's attorneys serve as counsel to the Southern West Virginia Brownfields Assistance Center at Marshall University.

Terracon Consultants, Inc

Terracon provides geotechnical, environmental, construction materials, and facilities consulting engineering services delivered with reliability, responsiveness, convenience, and innovation from more than 100 offices nationwide.


Bronze Sponsors

BB&T

Building on a tradition of excellence in community banking that stretches back to 1872, BB&T continues to offer clients a complete range of financial services including banking, lending, insurance, trust, and wealth management solutions. We invite you to learn more about us, our company, and our philosophy.

 

KU Resources

KU Resources, Inc. provides a full range of environmental management and site development engineering services to industrial, commercial, and communicty-based clients

 

Tetra Tech

Tetra Tech is a leader in environmental and engineering services worldwide, providing innovative solutions focused on natural resources, infrastructure, and the environment.


Hosts

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.

 

WV Department of Environmental Protection (WVDEP)

The WVDEP is the state agency charged with managing the remediation of lands that are affected by environmental contamination under the Division of Land Restoration. The WVDEP Office of Environmental Remediation oversees the State's voluntary Remediation Program, assisting property owners in identifying and addressing potential contamination of brownfield property.

 

West Virginia Development Office (WVDO)

As the State's chief economic and community development agency, the WVDO improves the quality of life for all West Virginians by strengthening the State's communities and growing its economy to expand, retain and create more and better jobs.

 

Air & Waste Management Association (AWMA), WV Chapter

The Air & Waste Management Association is a non-profit, non-partisan professional organization that enhances knowledge and expertise by providing a neutral forum for information exchange, professional development, networking opportunities, public education and outreach. The Mission of AWMA is to assist in the professional development and critical environmental decision-making of our members to benefit society.

 

US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 3

EPA is a federal agency that aims to protect human health and the environment through a wide variety of programs. Under the Brownfields program, EPA provides technical and financial assistance for community revitalization through an approach based on four main goals: protecting the environment, promoting partnerships, strengthening the marketplace, and sustaining reuse. Region 3 serves the Mid-Atlantic States including West Virginia.