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Grow Smart Rhode Island

Grow Smart Rhode Island is a statewide non-profit organization. Through research, public education and advocacy work, Grow Smart seeks to raise public awareness about the negative impacts of suburban sprawl and urban disinvestment on the state's economic vitality, environmental health, and social equity. Grow Smart believes that brownfields reuse is a critical element of urban and town center revitalization. In February, 2001, Grow Smart convened a statewide conference on brownfields that produced a series of policy recommendations. Since the conference, Grow Smart has worked with other organizations and state agencies to begin to implement those policies. With a grant from the USEPA, Grow Smart is currently researching the extent and character of brownfields sites in Rhode Island and financial incentives that are working successfully in other states.

Save the Bay

Save The Bay is a statewide environmental organization that actively participated in the Brownfields Task Force and is in the process of developing an Explore The Bay Center at Field's Point on a former city dump.

Links to Brownfields Resources:

National Governors Association The Center for Best Practices examines innovative state practices in brownfield redevelopment.
The International City/County Management Association (ICMA) formed the Superfund-Brownfields Research Institute (S-BRI) to facilitate and promote the research of local government efforts to revitalize closing military bases, contaminated properties, and brownfields.
Brownfields.Com is a business and community portal to Brownfields and Urban Redevelopment information on the Internet. In addition to the site's library of brownfields publications the organization publishes a weekly e-newsletter and is trying to put together a national database of sites.
The Brownfields Non-Profit Network is made up of non-profit organizations located throughout the United States involved in the cleanup and redevelopment of brownfields properties.
The Northeast-Midwest Institute has been a pioneer in the brownfields arena and is widely recognized as a national leader in brownfield program and policy analysis.
The Smart Growth Network is a nationwide effort coordinated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) through cooperative partnerships with organizations such as the International City/County Management Association (ICMA) which serves as the organizational "home" of the SGN and runs its membership program. Membership in SGN is separate from membership in ICMA. Other partner organizations are developing conferences, workshops, analytical and modeling tools, case studies, policy reports and other programs available to SGN members. They have recently published a report on "Redeveloping Brownfields with Federal Transportation Funds"
Other Brownfields Links, compiled by ICMA.

last updated: 04/03/03

This site is a joint effort of the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management
Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation and Rhode Island Statewide Planning Program

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