Welcome to the Florida Brownfields Association
The FBA is a non-profit, volunteer, service organization dedicated to advancing the cleanup and redevelopment of Brownfields in Florida. Brownfields are sites for which their expansion, redevelopment, or reuse may be complicated by actual or perceived contamination. Working in cooperation with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the FBA is a group of environmental stakeholders and professionals who provide Brownfields information, assistance, and redevelopment strategies to communities and the public in the interest of cleaning up and redeveloping contaminated properties and revitalizing areas.
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What's New?
- Registration is now open for this year's 13th Annual Florida Brownfields Conference to be held November 14-17, 2010 in Jacksonville. For registration information, please click here or on the photo above.
- Sponsors and exhibitors are now being accepted for this year's Florida Brownfields Conference. You can download the exhibitor commitment forms and sponsor forms here.
- Please note there has been a change in the conference venue. This year's conference will be held at the Omni Jacksonville Hotel located at 245 Water Street in Jacksonville. You can make a reservation here. If you made reservations at the Hyatt, please call and cancel your Hyatt reservation. We apologize for any inconvenience.
- EPA announces availability of FY2011 Brownfields Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund and Cleanup Grant Guidelines. Proposals are due October 15, 2010. For more information visit:http://www.epa.gov/brownfields/applicat.htm
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Brownfields 2011
EPA and ICMA will hold the Brownfields 2011 National Conference April 3-5 in Philadelphia. This is the premier national brownfields event that you should not miss! Visit www.brownfields2011.org to register and find more information. See you in the birthplace of democracy!
FDEP Releases Brownfields Program Annual Report (August 2010)
--Report highlights economic revitalization of brownfield areas--
The Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) recently released the Florida Brownfields Redevelopment Program 2009 Annual Report. Submitted each year to the Governor, President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives, the report describes DEP’s progress and level of activity in implementing the Florida Brownfields Redevelopment Act established in 1997. The report documents the Program’s continued success in revitalizing brownfield areas despite current economic challenges. Click here to read more.
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Jacksonville Hosts EPA Region 4 Grantees Workshop
Experts and communities from across Region 4 gathered in Jacksonville to share and gain knowledge on federal Brownfields programs July 20-22. The grantee workshops are a great venue to learn how other states and organizations implement and creatively use the Brownfield grants to achieve the revitalization of their communities.
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Like Our New Website?
The FBA is pleased to have launched our new website. If you have an idea or comment on the content please let us know through the Contact Us button above. Keep checking in for additional changes or improvements.
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13th Annual Florida Brownfields Conference Features “Community Day” Tuesday, November 16, 2010
The community is the heart of Brownfields redevelopment and the FBA has established an ongoing scholarship program to help increase community participation. Donations will be accepted at any time and monies will be used to provide registration and travel funds to brownfield community members to attend FBA endorsed activities. Please consider generously supporting this effort.
FBA History
In 1995, a new term was being tossed around the environmental and redevelopment community. It was called ‘Brownfields’ and it was being used to describe the various commercial and industrial properties left behind in the wake of the mass exodus of businesses and manufacturing firms from the once thriving central core of communities across the country. These businesses were moving to the less expensive or otherwise unencumbered ‘greenfields’ on the outskirts of town that were closer to the interstate highways systems. Many of the remaining downtown areas had become blighted assemblies of abandoned, idled, or under-used structures that, often times, had a perception of environmental issues that needed to be addressed. As a result of this perception and the aggressive approach the federal government was using to enforce cleanup of contaminated sites, many of these “Brownfields’ became a challenge to market for reuse either through renovation or redevelopment. These areas soon fell into states of disrepair that invited blight and slum conditions. Read more by going to About Us.
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Presentations
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