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  The  Vermont Environmental Consortium (VEC) is excited to present our Spring 2021 Virtual Conference. Similar to our past several conferences, this will be a collaborative effort between the VEC and Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation (VT DEC), and we have invited other members of state government, private sector consultants and service providers, and Regional Planning and Development Corporation members to present.    Unlike the last several conferences that focused on Water Quality, we are instead focusing on Brownfields Redevelopment during Day 1 of the conference. In ...

Monadnock Ledger-Transcript Published: 5/17/2021 4:15:29 PM The town of Jaffrey has been awarded $300,000 from the Environmental Protection Agency’s Brownfield Program grants to assess sites with potential hazards, and prepare them for redevelopment. First on the list are the former St. Patrick’s School and the former W.W. Cross building. “Brownfield” properties are sites where there is potential for expansion or redevelopment, complicated by the presence – or just potential presence of hazardous substances. Since 1995, the Brownfields Program has provided $1.76 billion in grants na...

EPA awards $2.8M in brownfields grants to region | The Daily Gazette SECTIONS By | GLOVERSVILLE & MONTGOMERY COUNTY – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday announced a $300,000 Brownfields Program assessment grant for properties in Fulton County and an $800,000 multipurpose grant for the Greater Mohawk Valley Land Bank. The grants are part of $66.5 million worth of EPA grants awarded to 151 communities nationwide for the purpose of assessing and cleaning up contaminated properties under the EPA’s Brownfields Program. The Mohawk Valley and the Capital Region received a t...

Tim Shelley / Peoria Public Radio The Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity is awarding a $950,000 grant to the City of Peoria through its Illinois Rebuild: Shovel Ready program to help fund rehabilitation of the former Tabor property on the city's South Side.  Joe Dulin, the city's assistant director of community development, said without the funding, the renovation project would not have been possible. "Any time we can get outside funding to help fund these things so it's not coming from local tax dollars, especially in the 61605 (ZIP])code, hopefully over the next few...

Marshall Helmberger TOWER— Work on a controversial RV park here is now underway even as the developer faces continued uncertainty over sewage disposal, the status of a former dump, and possible legal action from neighbors. It’s been a long time coming for Dave Rose, who purchased a nine-acre parcel along the East Two River back in 2015 with the intent of building what he’s dubbed an RV resort. He’s faced a myriad of delays as city officials grappled with zoning questions and Rose’s occasional reluctance to follow rules to the letter. Rose has also faced anger from neighbors who wor...