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Brownfields Training,
Research, and Technical
Assistance Grant Fact Sheet
ICMA
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. Abrownfield 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
Since 2003, ICMA has co-sponsored the National
Brownfields Conference with EPA. ICMA was
founded in 1914, and is the premier local government
leadership and management organization. Its mission
is to create excellence in local governance by advocat-
ing and developing the professional management of
local government worldwide. In addition to supporting
its 8,200 members, ICMA provides technical and
management assistance, training, and information
resources in the areas of performance measurement,
ethics education and training, community and eco-
nomic development, environmental management,
technology, and other topics to its members and the
broader local government community.
National Brownfields
Conference
Grantee:
ICMA
Project Focus:
National Brownfields Conference Technical Program
Project Period:
January 2003 to March 2008
Project Description:
ICMA organizes, plans, and implements the technical
program for the National Brownfields Conference.
The next conference will take place May 5-7, 2008, at
the Cobo Center in Detroit, Michigan. Additionally,
ICMA maintains the conference web site,
www.brownfields2008.org, and also coordinates
marketing and outreach. The last conference in 2006
had more man 5,000 attendees. The technical pro-
gram includes over 130 panel and roundtable sessions,
in addition to plenary sessions, mobile workshops, the
Brownfields Transaction Forum, a poster gallery, and
an extensive exhibit hall with 250 exhibitors.
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 ICMA, visit
http://www.icma.org/ or call 202.289.4262.
To learn more about the National Brownfields Confer-
ence, visit: http://www.brownfields2008.org/.
*The information on this fact sheet is subject to
change.
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
(5105T)
EPA 560-F-07-247
September 2007
www.epa.gov/brownfields
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