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Partnerships with Non-Profits

Non-profit organizations are well-positioned to work with local governments to cleanup and redevelop
brownfields. Non-profits provide information (publications and conferences), research legal and policy
aspects of redevelopment, and work with community groups through all stages of brownfields
redevelopment.

Non-profit organizations can acquire brownfields and receive federal grants to cleanup and redevelop
these properties, provided they did not contribute to or cause the contamination. At some sites,
ownership by a non-profit organization is a critical alternative to purchase, restoration, and sale of
brownfields lands. This has resulted in greater cooperation between localities and non profits.

In communities across the United States, non-profit organizations have assisted locaties in undertaking
the challenge of brownfield revitalization. One example is at the Foundry Site in Chattanooga, TN,
where brownfields are a part of the City's overall urban revitalization goals. At the Foundry Site, the
local economic development corporation, a non-profit partnership, took the lead in leveraging various
sources of financing, both public and private, to characterize parcels and market them as part of an
overall urban redevelopment project.

Non-profit organizations can also be a key resource in cleaning up and redeveloping properties. Most
often, these organizations can offer tools, expertise, and resources to reuse brownfield properties.
Local governments should tap this resource to identify strategies, methods, and tools to assist cleanup
in their communities.

Non-profit organizations can be a resource to your community. Examples of these resources include:

The National Association of Local Government Environmental Professionals (NALGEP) and the
Northeast-Midwest Institute coordinate the Brownfield Communities Network to allow local
officials access to key information and to give brownfield stakeholders a free forum to learn
from their peers. Learn more at www.nalgep.org.

The National Association of Development Organizations (NADO) aims to identify challenges
and promote solutions to brownfields redevelopment for small and rural communities. Visit

www.nado.org.

The American Planning Association has partnered with Bethel New Life in Chicago, IL to create
a workbook and training program for Community Development Corporations. Find out more
about APA at www.planning.org.

See the resources section of the Toolkit to identify more non-profit organizations.


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Research Organizations and Professional Associations

Air & Waste Management Association

Pittsburgh, PA

412-232-3444

www.awma.org/

American Farmland Trust (AFT)

Washington, DC
202-331- 7300
www.farmland.org/

American Planning Association (APA)

Washington, DC
202-872-061 I
www.planning.org/

American Society of Landscape Architects

Washington, DC

202-898-2444

www.asla.org/

American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)

West Conshohocken, PA

610-832-9585

www.astm.org/

Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials (ASTSWMO)

Washington, DC

202-624-5828

www.astswmo.org/

Brownfields Center at Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, PA

412-268-7121

www.ce.cmu.edu/Brownfields/

Center for Brownfields Initiatives at the University of New Orleans

New Orleans, LA

504-280-7413


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www.brownfields.com

Brownfields/Smart Growth Research Group at the University of Louisville

Louisville, KY

502-852-8152

http://cepm.louisville.edu/organization/BSGRG/bsgrg.htm

Center for Public Environmental Oversight (CPEO)

Washington, DC

202-452-8039

http://www.cpeo.org

International Economic Development Council (IEDC), formerly the Council for Urban Economic
Development (CUED)

Washington, DC
202-223-7800

www.iedconline.org/aboutus_top.html

The Environmental Council of the States (ECOS)

Washington, DC

202-624-3666

www.sso.org/ecos/

Environmental Defense
New York, NY
(212) 505-2100

www.environmentaldefense.org/

Environmental Law Institute (ELI)

Washington, DC 20036
202-939-3800
www.eli.org/

Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)

Palo Alto, CA
800-313-3774
www.epri.com/

Greenlining Institute
Berkeley, CA
510-926-4000
www.greenlining.org/

International Council of Shopping Centers

New York, NY

646-728-3800

www.icsc.org/


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International City/County Management Association (ICMA)

Washington, DC
202-289-4262
www I .icma.org/

National Association of Counties (NaCO)

Washington, DC

202-393-6226

www.naco.org/

National Association of County and City Health Officials

Washington, DC

202-783-5550

www.naccho.org/

National Association of Development Organizations (NADO)

Washington, DC 20001

202-624-7806

www.nado.org/

National Association of Industrial & Office Properties (NAIOP)

Herndon, VA

703-904-7100

www.naiop.org/

National Association of Installation Developers (NAID)

Washington, DC

202-822-5256

www.naid.org/

National Brownfield Association (NBA)

Chicago, IL

773-714-0407

www.brownfieldassociation.org

National Center for Neighborhood & Brownfields Redevelopment at Rutgers University

New Brunswick, NJ

http://policy.rutgers.edu/brownfields/

National Governors' Association Center for Best Practices

Washington, DC

202-624-5300

www.nga.org/center/

National Trust for Historic Preservation
Washington, DC
202-588-6000
www.nationaltrust.org/


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Pratt Institute Center for Community & Environmental Development (PICCED)

New York, NY

718-636-3486

www.picced.org/

The Trust for Public Land
San Francisco, CA
415-495-4014
www.tpl.org/

The United States Conference of Mayors

Washington, DC

202-293-7330

www.usmayors.org/

Urban Land Institute (ULI)

Washington, DC
202-624-7000
www.uli.org/


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