Brownfields Are Looking Greener

States and municipalities have begun to take a more active approach to redevelopment of contaminated sites.

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July 5, 2002, 6:00 AM PDT

"In December 1997, the Avenue Community Development Corporation, a nonprofit group started in 1991, bought a 2.76-acre site that once housed a greenhouse and used car lot, and asked the city for help in cleaning it up... Houston's Brownfields Redevelopment Program stepped in and worked with the group, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Texas Natural Resource Commission, and private firms to redevelop the site. In October 2000, neighborhood leaders, city officials, and the private-sector developers officially opened a new, 74-unit, mixed-income apartment complex."

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Sunday, June 30, 2002 in Planning Magazine

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