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December 8, 2014

DEADLINE: Call for Ideas for 16th National Brownfields Training Conference to take place in Chicago, IL, September 2-4, 2015.  This is considered the largest conference and trade show in the nation focused on creating more sustainable communities through land revitalization and economic redevelopment strategies and projects. Conference planners are soliciting ideas for the 100+ panel, round table, and town hall-style interactive sessions that will be offered. The Call for Ideas is open on the official Brownfields 2015 website. Use the online submission form to propose your ideas for educational sessions.  

DEADLINE: December 19
U.S. EPA Brownfield Assessment and Cleanup Grant Proposals.

DEADLINE: Registration opens September 2 and ends October 3, 2014, with entries due December 19, 2014 U.S. EPA’s Third Annual Campus RainWorks Challenge Entries

This is a green infrastructure design challenge for college and university students. Student teams, working with a faculty advisor, will submit design boards, a project narrative, and a letter of support describing a proposed green infrastructure project for a location on their campus. Winning teams will earn a student prize of $1,000-$2,000 to be divided evenly among student team members, and a faculty prize of $2,000-$3,000 to support green infrastructure research or training.

DEADLINE: December 2014
Rockefeller Foundation’s Second Round of Resilient Cities Challenge
The Rockefeller Foundation is holding its second round of 100 Resilient Cities (100RC) Challenge, a $100-million commitment to building resilience in cities around the world through technical support and other resources to help cities become more resilient to physical, social and economic challenges. The first group of 32 cities, announced in December 2013, included only one city from the NEMW region: New York City.  The foundation will choose the next 33 cities by the end of the year.

DEADLINE: December 1, 2014
Completed Request Form for the required State Acknowledgement Letters/Petroleum Eligibility Determinations for the U.S. EPA Brownfields Grant Proposals due to the Indiana Brownfields Program.

November 21, 2014
WEBINAR:  Economic Development from the State & Local Perspective
12:00pm Eastern Time
Local successes highlighted during a discussion of a new book, Economic Development from the State & Local Perspective by David J. Robinson, which focuses on strategies and best practices turning many regions and states into economic powerhouses. Topics will include land use, workforce, tax, and infrastructure policy as well as quality of life initiatives helping retain and attract high-wage jobs, and how the leading regions move ahead of others through the Five Drivers of economic development: energy, technology, global, advanced service and advanced manufacturing industries. Free to attend -

December 4, 2014
WEBINAR: FY15 EPA Job Training (EWDJT) Grant Proposal Competition
2:00-4:00 PM Eastern Time
Call-in number: 866-299-3188, conference code: 2025662772#
This webinar will provide an overview of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2015 Environmental Workforce Development and Job Training (EWDJT) Grant Application Guidelines/Request for Proposals (RFP) and competition. Prospective applicants will be provided an opportunity to ask questions and gain useful information for submitting a strong proposal.  Changes from the FY14 EWDJT competition will also be covered. 

DEADLINE: December 1, 2014Completed Request Form for the required State Acknowledgement Letters/Petroleum Eligibility Determinations for the U.S. EPA Brownfields Grant Proposals due to the Indiana Brownfields Program.

September 26, 2014
WEBINAR: Contaminant Uptake in Food Crops grown on Brownfield Sites 
12:00 PM EST

September 29 - October 1, 2014                                                                                                              
IACED and IHCDA Statewide Conference on Community Economic Development                                                                                                                                                                                           
Marriott East in Indianapolis                                                                                                                                      

October 2, 2014
WEBINAR: Green & Sustainable Remediation                                                                                                                                                                                
11:00AM-1:15PM EDT
The Interstate Technology Regulatory Council (ITRC) is presenting this webinar to discuss sustainable concepts and factors for cleanup remedies that are still protective of human health and the environment.  The consideration of these factors is Green and Sustainable Remediation (GSR) -- the site-specific employment of products, processes, technologies, and procedures that mitigate contaminant risk to receptors while making decisions that are cognizant of balancing community goals, economic impacts, and net environmental effects.  This training provides background on GSR concepts, a scalable and flexible framework and metrics, tools and resources to conduct GSR evaluations on remedial projects. The training is based on the ITRC's Technical & Regulatory Guidance Document: Green and Sustainable Remediation: A Practical Framework (GSR-2, 2011) as well as ITRC's Overview Document, Green and Sustainable Remediation: State of the Science and Practice (GSR-1, 2011).

October 2, 2014
2014 Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs Regional Conferences
Valparaiso

October 7, 2014
2014 Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs Regional Conferences
New Castle

October 8, 2014
2014 Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs Regional Conference
Scottsburg

October 7-9, 2014
Sustainable Property Transactions:  Closing Deals and Capturing Market Opportunities
Philadelphia, PA

October 10, 2014
2014 Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs Regional Conferences
Bloomington

October 14, 2014
2014 Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs Regional Conferences
Jasper

October 15, 2014
WEBINAR:  Managing Contaminants in Urban Vegetable Gardens to Minimize Human Exposure
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT

October 21-22, 2014                                                                                                                                      
Indiana Chamber Indiana Environmental Conference     

October 23, 2014
2014 Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs Regional Conferences
Kendallville

October 28, 2014
2014 Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs Regional Conferences
Crawfordsville

October 30, 2014
2014 Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs Regional Conferences
Peru

November 5, 2014
From Brown to Blooming: Putting Brownfields Back to Work Public Forum
5-6:30pm
Council Chambers of City Hall, 401 N. Morton St., Bloomington

The City of Bloomington Economic and Sustainable Development Department, in partnership with the Indiana Brownfields Program, will present a forum for exploring the benefits, challenges and methods of redeveloping brownfields.

DEADLINE: September 19, 2014 (extended)
National Award for Smart Growth Achievement Application
Through this award, U.S. EPA recognizes and supports communities that use innovative policies and strategies to strengthen their economies, provide housing and transportation choices, develop in ways that bring benefits to a wide range of residents, and protect the environment. Public-sector, private-sector, and nonprofit organizations that have successfully used smart growth principles to improve communities are encouraged to apply.

DEADLINE: September 22-October 24, 2014                                                                                                             
2014 Brownfield Renewal Person of the Year Program Nominations
The recognition award will go to an individual in the reuse and redevelopment industry who has demonstrated the ability to innovate, collaborate across multiple industry disciplines, execute the plan and deliver the goods and.  The award is for someone who has captured a unique vision of how to effect real change and generate positive results in the brownfield industry. Vote for your favorite. The winner will be announced in December.

DEADLINE: September 22, 2014
U.S. EPA Brownfields Area-Wide Planning Grant Proposals
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Office of Brownfields and Land Revitalization offers grants to help eligible entities (nonprofit organizations, and local, state, and tribal governments) develop area-wide plans for brownfields assessment, cleanup, and subsequent reuse. This funding is for research, technical assistance, and/or training activities directed to one or more brownfield site(s) located in a specific area (such as a neighborhood, district, local commercial corridor, community waterfront or city block). Each project funded under this grant must result in an area-wide plan which includes specific plan implementation strategies for assessing, cleaning up, and reusing the brownfields site(s) as well as related brownfields and project area revitalization strategies. The City of Indianapolis was among the Thirteen NEMW communities that received area-wide planning grants in FY2013. This year, EPA anticipates awarding approximately 20 projects in total, funded at up to $200,000 each.

September 17, 2014
17th Annual Pollution Prevention Conference and Trade Show                                                                   
Plainfield, IN

September 9-11, 2014
IACT Annual Conference & Exhibition
Fort Wayne, IN

September 10-11, 2014
Air & Waste Management Association (AWMA) "Vapor Intrusion, Remediation and Site Closure" Conference

Cherry Hill, NJ

2014 Strong Cities, Strong Communities, Strong Northwest Indiana Symposium
July 22-23, 2014
Genesis Center, Gary, Indiana

You are invited to attend the 2014 Strong Cities, Strong Communities, Strong Northwest Indiana Symposium to be held on July 22-23 at the Genesis Center in Gary, Indiana. Federal, State, Local public and private stakeholders have been working on this anticipated, catalytic regional event.  Through a  series of focused panels and work sessions, this symposium will illustrate how coordinated economic development, transportation, public health, housing, environmental and community development strategies can improve quality of life in neighborhoods.  Drawing on local expertise from Northwest Indiana and nearby states, key strategies and best practices will be highlighted using illustrative case studies.     A charrette exercise will allow participants to apply these concepts to on-the-ground scenarios and take these lessons back to their own community.

The 2014 Strong Cities, Strong Communities, Strong Northwest Indiana Symposium is jointly sponsored by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, United States Environmental Protection Agency, City of Gary, Northwest Indiana Regional Planning Council, and the White House Council on Strong Cities, Strong Communities.

August 12-13, 2014                                                                                                                           
Indiana Chamber 12th Annual Indiana Conference on Energy Management                                                 

August 27, 2014                                                                                                                                                  
Ball State University Economic Redevelopment Resources for Blighted Properties Workshop
Indianapolis, IN                                                                                                                                    

August 28, 2014
U.S. EPA Brownfield Grant Proposal Writing Strategies Workshop

August 2014
Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs (OCRA) Comprehensive Site Redevelopment Program (CSRP) awards announced (tentative)

June 3-6, 2014

New Life for Closed Gas Stations Conference and Exhibition                                                                                           Orlando, Florida
This redevelopment symposium, considered the first of its kind in the country, will focus on buying, selling and leasing opportunities, lender requirements, financial incentives, environmental due diligence strategies, remediation planning, construction design and budgeting, cleanup cost containment, legal liability reduction, and market trends, all as they relate to closed gas stations. This is specifically designed to provide local government officials, regulators, developers, lenders, end-users, design and real estate professionals, neighborhood stakeholders , and energy advocates (among many others) with more knowledge, tools, and resources to better understand, evaluate, and manage acquisitions and dispositions involving reuse of gas stations sites.  Given the current real estate, economic development, and jobs creation climate, these sites are playing an increasingly important and central role in the health and well-being of urban and rural communities all over the country.

May 28, 2014
DEADLINE:  New Life for Closed Gas Stations Conference and Exhibition Registration
Orlando, Florida
This redevelopment symposium, considered the first of its kind in the country, will focus on buying, selling and leasing opportunities, lender requirements, financial incentives, environmental due diligence strategies, remediation planning, construction design and budgeting, cleanup cost containment, legal liability reduction, and market trends, all as they relate to closed gas stations. This is specifically designed to provide local government officials, regulators, developers, lenders, end-users, design and real estate professionals, neighborhood stakeholders , and energy advocates (among many others) with more knowledge, tools, and resources to better understand, evaluate, and manage acquisitions and dispositions involving reuse of gas stations sites.  Given the current real estate, economic development, and jobs creation climate, these sites are playing an increasingly important and central role in the health and well-being of urban and rural communities all over the country.

March 13, 2014
WEBINAR: Sustainable Remediation                                       
10:00AM - 1:00PM EDT

To prepare for the Sustainable Remediation Conference 2014, the webinar aims to stimulate international exchange by providing a venue for professionals and interested parties from multiple backgrounds to share experiences and perspectives on how contaminated sites can be remediated with a lower environmental footprint, and how their reuse can contribute to a more sustainable land development.

March 13, 2014
WEBINAR:  ASTM Phase I Environmental Assessment Standard Changes
11:30 am - 12:30 pm Eastern Daylight Time

New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) Technical Assistance to Brownfields (TAB) will address changes to and challenges of using the new ASTM 1527-13 Phase I environmental site assessment standard.  

March 17, 2014
U.S. Vapor Intrusion Stakeholder Forum
1:00 - 4:00 pm Pacific time

The U.S. EPA Forum will consist primarily of role-playing exercises, including "door-knocking" and a community meeting and will be available to observe via VIDEO STREAMING.  This real-time broadcast will be provided free of charge.  

March 18, 2014
U.S. EPA Technical Workshops/Webinar
8:30 am - 5:30 pm Pacific time

U.S. EPA will convene a technical workshop on vapor intrusion entitled, Long Term Stewardship:  Challenges, Need & Benefits which will be available to observe via webinar at no cost.  Attendees may choose to listen using their computer speakers or via a toll-free number provided by GoToWebinar.  Participants will have the opportunity to submit questions online through the webinar software.  

March 19, 2014
WEBINAR:  Greener Cleanup for Brownfields -- Q & A
11:00 am Eastern time

Are you cleaning up a brownfield?  Thinking of applying for an EPA assessment or cleanup grant?  Do you want to save money and protect the environment and human health?  

March 20, 2014
WEBINAR:  Closing Property Transactions Using Mitigation Banking Credits

Mitigation credits resolve environmental permitting and enforcement requirements for the divestiture and/or acquisition of surplus corporate properties, brownfield redevelopments or for the development of commercial or residential real estate.  Creative financing tools including the use of mitigation banks provide a clear monetary value for transportation and energy sector projects as well as infrastructure development industries and brownfield redevelopments.  Among other issues, this webinar will address how mitigation banking can facilitate brownfield redevelopments.  

March 25, 2014
WEBINAR:  Greener Cleanup for Brownfields -- Q & A
3:00 pm Eastern time

Are you cleaning up a brownfield?  Thinking of applying for an EPA assessment or cleanup grant?  Do you want to save money and protect the environment and human health?  


April 1, 2014
DEADLINE:  U.S. EPA Research and Technical Assistance Grant Proposals

EPA has announced the availability of funding to eligible entities, including nonprofit organizations, to conduct research, or provide technical assistance to communities facing brownfields cleanup and revitalization challenges.  Focus areas of this announcement include:

  1. technical assistance to environmental workforce development and job training grantees
  2. technical assistance on the integration of environmental justice and equitable development for brownfields-impacted communities
  3. research on the benefits of brownfields redevelopment
  4. technical assistance on brownfields financing and economic development strategies to brownfields-impacted communities.

April 2, 2 014
DEADLINE:  Health Impact Project Call for Proposals

The Health Impact Project is issuing its fourth call for proposals to support two types of initiatives:  health impact assessment (HIA), demonstration projects that inform a specific decision, and HIA program grants that enable organizations with experience with HIAs to develop sustainable HIA programs that integrate the assessments and related approaches in policymaking at the local, state or tribal levels.

March 14, 2014 Extended to April 14, 2014
DEADLINE:  "Investing in Manufacturing Communities Partnership" (IMCP) Application
U.S. EPA worked with the White House in developing the IMCP which encourages communities to devise comprehensive economic development strategies that strengthen their competitive edge in attracting global manufacturers and their supply chains. Phase 2 of the IMCP was recently announced. In this competition, up to 12 communities that come up with winning strategies will receive a designation of “Manufacturing Community” that gives them elevated consideration for $1.3 billion in federal dollars and assistance from 10 cabinet departments/agencies. These communities would also potentially receive additional catalytic federal investments to support their economic development strategies.

April 18, 2014
DEADLINE:  Indiana Governor's Awards for Environmental Excellence nominations

The Indiana Governor's Awards for Environmental Excellence recognize exemplary projects across Indiana.  Projects must demonstrate significant and measurable results, be innovative, comprehensive and documented.  


April 28, 2014
DEADLINE:  DOT TIGER grant applications

The Secretary of the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) announced the availability of $600 million for transportation projects across the country under a sixth round of Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) competitive grant program.  The TIGER 2014 grant program will place an emphasis on projects that support reliable, safe, and affordable transportation options that improve connections for both urban and rural communities, making it easier for their residents to reach work, school and other ladders of opportunity.  While continuing to support projects of all types, DOT will prioritize applications for capital projects that better connect people to jobs, training and other opportunities, promote neighborhood redevelopment and reconnect neighborhoods divided by physical barriers, such as highways and railroads.  

April 28, 2014
DEADLINE:  Health Impact Assessment for Improved Community Design

CDC's Health Community Design Initiative is awarding funds to increase the capacity of public health departments to include health considerations in transportation and land use planning decisions, and to expand the scope of health impacts considered when making decisions that impact community design.  Total project funding over a period of three years is $2,610,000.  Approximate number of awards is six.  Eligibility information is on pages 12-13 of the FOA.  


First Quarter 2014
Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs (OCRA) Comprehensive Site Redevelopment Program (CSRP), in partnership with the IFA, launch anticipated.  For more information, contact your OCRA Community Liaison.

February 11, 2014
Indiana Association of Cities and Towns (IACT) Legislative Day 
H
yatt Regency, Indianapolis
http://www.citiesandtowns.org/

February 13, 2014
DEADLINE: Environmental Workforce Development and Job Training (EWDJT) Grant Proposals
This funding to nonprofit organizations and eligible entities to deliver environmental workforce development and job training programs focuses on hazardous and solid waste management, assessment, and cleanup associated activities, chemical safety, and wastewater management. These grants are provided to recruit, train, and place unemployed and under-employed, including low-income and minority, residents historically affected by hazardous and solid waste sites and facilities who have the skills needed to secure full-time, sustainable employment in the environmental field and in the assessment and cleanup work taking place in their communities.

February 13, 2014
WEBINAR: Reuse Planning, Environmental Justice and Green Infrastructure: Tying it All Together in the Freeport Community Planning and CMC Heartland Superfund Site Reuse Project  
2:30PM - 4:30PM EST                                                                                                                                      
This webinar will provide an in-depth look at a project  in Illinois and include topics such as, tackling historic prejudices through community engagement, reusing contaminated areas to improve the area's residential opportunities and ways the project sought to reduce the impact of local floods.  Call Michele Mahoney at 703-603-9057 or Mahoney.michele@epa.gov .

Feb. 19, 2014  - Letter of Intent
March 19, 2014 - Application

DEADLINES: ATSDR (Funding opportunity # CDC-RFA-TS14-1404) Community Health Projects Related to Contamination at Brownfield/Land Reuse Sites (CHPs)
The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) CHPs funding is available to eligible government organization applicants for funding to increase responsive public health actions by promoting healthy and safe environments and preventing harmful exposures related to contamination at Brownfield/Land Reuse Sites.

February 20, 2014
WEBINAR: Green & Sustainable Remediation (GSR)
11:00AM - 1:15PM EST                                                                                                                            

Participants will learn the potential benefits of incorporating GSR into their projects; when and how to incorporate GSR within a project's life cycle; and how to perform a GSR evaluation using appropriate tools. In addition, a variety of case studies will demonstrate the application of GSR and the results. The training course provides an important primer for both organizations initiating GSR programs as well as those organizations seeking to incorporate GSR considerations into existing regulatory guidance.  Call the Interstate Technology Regulatory Council (ITRC) Training Program at 402-201-2419