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Brownfields Training,
Research, and Technical
Assistance Grant Fact Sheet
Northeast-Midwest
Institute
EPA Brownfields Program
EPA's Brownfields Program empowers states, commu-
nities, and other stakeholders to work together to
prevent, assess, safely clean up, and sustainably reuse
brownfields. A brownfield site is 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. EPA
provides financial assistance to eligible applicants
through assistance agreements to provide training,
research, and technical assistance to facilitate
brownfields revitalization.
Organization Description
The Northeast-Midwest Institute (NEMW) is a Wash-
ington-based, private, non-profit, and non-partisan
research organization dedicated to economic vitality,
environmental quality, and regional equity for North-
east and Midwest states. Formed in the mid-1970s, it
fulfills its mission by conducting research and analy-
sis, developing and advancing innovative policy,
providing evaluation of key federal programs, dissemi-
nating information, and highlighting sound economic
and environmental technologies and practices.
NEMW is unique among policy centers because of its
ties to Congress through the NEMW Congressional
and Senate Coalitions. The bipartisan coalitions
advance federal policies that enhance the region's
economy and environment.
NEMW has been at the forefront of brownfield policy
development and information dissemination since the
Best Practices Tools
and Technical Assistance
to Local Disadvantaged
Communities
Grantee:
Northeast-Midwest Institute
Project Focus:
Technical Assistance for Disadvantaged Communi-
ties
Project Period:
October 2005 to September 2008
Project Description:
NEMW established a national consortium of urban
and rural communities and other stakeholders using
brownfields revitalization as a tool to renew dis-
tressed areas. The project involved organizing the
Brownfields Disadvantaged Communities Network
(with 400 members as of July 2007) and a Disad-
vantaged Communities Leadership Forum (20
members). To support this effort, NEMW hosts
regular conference calls and web casts on a variety
of brownfields issues to convene communities with
leading experts and brownfields resources. NEMW
is developing a technical assistance tool kit on the
best practices for renewing disadvantaged communi-
ties. They continue ongoing brownfields technical
assistance to disadvantaged communities, including
the distribution of case studies, research reports, and
brownfields information via the internet, web casts,
and conference calls.
Contacts
For further information, including specific grant
contacts, additional grant information, brownfields
news and events, and publications and links, visit
the EPA Brownfields web site at: http://
www.epa.gov/brownfields or call 202.566.2777.
For further information about NEMW's brownfields
research, visit http://www.nemw.org/.
*The information on this fact sheet is subject to
change.
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
(5105T)
EPA 560-F-07-235
September 2007
www.epa.gov/brownfields
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early 1990s, when NEMW organized the first
brownfields conference in Chicago in 1991 and pub-
lished the landmark New Life for Old Buildings.
Regional and national interest in the implications of
brownfields for urban redevelopment and environmen-
tal cleanup led NEMW to launch an ongoing research
program to identify the impacts of federal and state
policies and programs on community revitalization
efforts and suggest opportunities for improvement.
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