How does Brownfields Redevelopment benefit business?
- Provides degree of certainty and finality to the environmental cleanup process
- Provides access to liability protection provisions and creative insurance programs
- Establishes cleanup standards and criteria for Risk Based Corrective Action (RBCA)
- Provides access to economic incentives
- Provides assistance in obtaining public/private loan and fund programs
- Provides assistance and guidance in workforce training programs
How does Brownfields Redevelopment benefit communities?
- Encourages further redevelopment and reinvestment in inner city areas
- Increases local employment opportunities
- Increases overall neighborhood quality of life by replacing brownfields with sustainable development
- Increases city tax base
- Reduces suburban sprawl
- Protects human health and the environment