Revitalizing Southeastern Communities , flftr -f 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. ------- Revitalizing Southeastern Communities , flftr -f 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 ------- 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/ ------- 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/ ------- 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/ ------- |