New Bedford’s BrownfieldsNew Bedford’s Brownfields

New Bedford’s BrownfieldsNew Bedford’s Brownfields

Touring New Bedford’s Tier ID’sTouring New Bedford’s Tier ID’s

AerovoxAerovox

Potential Evergreen Solar manufacturing site? Located between Precix and Titleist

Vacant Lot by FreestonesVacant Lot by Freestones

From vacant lot to a greenhouse based CSA?

Hazardous HouseHazardous House

From boarded up house to new home

Cliftex – stone’s throw to Riverside Cliftex – stone’s throw to Riverside ParkPark

And it’s for sale…Mixed use redevelopment…

Ketcham TrapsKetcham Traps

Blight on the edge of a residential community green jobs training center or CSA site?

Fairhaven MillsFairhaven Mills

Awarded $1.3 Million M.O.R.E. Jobs Program Grant – Announced 6/5/08

Slated for Development of 125,000 sq. ft. of Retail, Restaurant, Medical & Commercial Space - Estimates 300 New Jobs

Brownfields are Brownfields are OpportunitiesOpportunities

Economic DevelopmentWorkforce DevelopmentTourismTax RevenueFunding Streams

How Does How Does New Bedford Do This?New Bedford Do This?

1. Establish a Brownfields Redevelopment Council

2. Map Relevant Brownfields Locations & Gather Data on Each Site

3. Choose Sites for Redevelopment

4. Craft Redevelopment Vision w/Community Engagement (on-line input, youth projects, “town meetings”)

5. Publicize the Plan & Timeline

6. Fund & Implement Program, one project at a time

Brownfields Redevelopment Brownfields Redevelopment CouncilCouncil

Choose Geographic Area (City, GNBWIB, etc.)

City and Town Officials/Prominent Local Leaders

Brownfields Coordinator Position/Staff

Private Sector (employers/investors)

Community Representatives (could rotate)

State & Federal Involvement

Brownfields Redevelopment Brownfields Redevelopment Council, Council, Cont’dCont’d

Virtually All Include Local Interagency Teams Consist of: Mayor’s Office Economic Development Environmental Department Planning Department Finance Department Legal Department

Map Current Brownfields Map Current Brownfields Locations Locations

& Gather Data on Each Site& Gather Data on Each Site Much like the Mill Inventory Report

Map Showing Relevant Brownfields w/Transparent Overlay Illustrating Redevelopment Plans

Work w/Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection & Site Owners to Compile Data & Understand Current Data on Relevant Brownfield Sites

Choose Sites for Choose Sites for RedevelopmentRedevelopment

Brownfields Redevelopment Council analyses Map and Data Collected on Sites

Board Chooses Sites for Projects Contamination Levels

Location

Size

Board Decides Order of Project Roll-Out

Craft Redevelopment Vision Craft Redevelopment Vision w/Community Engagementw/Community Engagement

Create Interactive Website Map & Text Versions of Current & Future Projects

Request Community Input Blog, Suggestion Box, Contests

Info for Private Investors Properties Available/Opportunities

Info for Workforce Green Jobs Training/Ed Opptys & Placement, Employers Want Ads

Boston Redevelopment Authority Website www.bostonredevelopmentauthority.com/

Youth Projects School Projects re: what to do with sites

Community/Public Meetings Present Plans & Request feedback from citizenry

FUNDINGFUNDING Federal

EPA - HUD - EDA

State

Mass Development

Mass Business

Mass DEP

Division of Housing & Community Development

Department of Revenue

Executive Office of Economic Development (M.O.R.E. Program)

Executive Office of Transportation

EPAEPA Training Grant group

working now, $200k, waiting for RFP

Assessment Grant 1 Million for multiple sites

Clean-up Grant $200k

Revolving Loan Fund 1 Million

HUDHUD

Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Given out annually on a formula basis…YWCA Received funds from

a CDBG Grant to refurbish its building…may be used for Brownfields

Section 108 Loan Program Guaranteed Loans in connection with CDBG

Brownfield Economic Development Initiative (BEDI) Up to 1Million RFP probably out end of year, or based on 07, due

at end of year (12/28/07)

Economic Development AdministrationEconomic Development Administration

Public Works and Economic Development Program

Specifically names Brownfields Redevelopment

Application dead-line is rolling, w/2 month turn around

In FY 2007, Public Works investments ranged from $12,500 to $3,215,427. The average investment was $1,246,410.

20-50% match depending on location of project

Economic Adjustment Assistance Program

Does not directly name Brownfield projects, but would support efforts

Success StoriesSuccess Stories East Palo Alto, CA

Unemployment (9%)

Poverty/lowest median income in county

High Crime Rate – one of the highest in the country in the 1990’s

Substantial portion of City’s land brownfields

Lacked investment in transportation, utility, & economic infrastructure necessary to revitalize

Funded with Federal Dollars

$2.8M EDA, $3.8M Fed Tran Grant, HHS

East Palo Alto, CA…cont’d…East Palo Alto, CA…cont’d… The “Gateway 101” Development Plan

Started 1996

6 Projects

Mixed-Use housing and retail center

129 Multi-Family Units

221 Single Family Units (80 below market rate)

Home Depot, Best Buy, Office Depot

100 New Jobs

$2.4-2.7M in Annual Revenues

More than 10 fold increase in Property Values

East Palo Alto, CA…cont’d…East Palo Alto, CA…cont’d… Community Health Clinic (non-profit & federally funded)

City owned land, Former industrial area

First full-service bank in over 15 years

Luxury Four Season Hotel

Generated hundreds of jobs (look up how many)

$1.5M in annual tax revenues

From 99 to 04 tax revenues from all redevelopment projects jumped from $402k to $2M

In 2 years, over 600 long-term jobs created

Crime Rate Reduced

Strategic Plan for further redevelopment in targeted areas

East Palo Alto’s Four SeasonsEast Palo Alto’s Four Seasons

Perhaps the bigger irony, though, was the setting — a luxury hotel located in East Palo Alto, an underprivileged community almost hidden by its glamorous Silicon Valley neighbors. But that paradox, too, will hopefully become obsolete — not in a few months’ time, but soon.

The upscale Four Seasons Hotel, sitting centrally in East Palo Alto’s University Circle complex, is at the heart of a redevelopment effort aimed to revitalize a neglected city that has long been known for its crime.

The Stanford Daily 10/13/05

Emeryville, CAEmeryville, CA Risk Averse investors – estimated cost of lack of

investment $13.3M & 450 jobs

Developed Comprehensive Plan area wide, rather than site specific…

Comprehensive Plan:

Collect environmental data on whole areas of the City marred by Brownfields

Hydroglogic, soil & ground water info 2100+ prop

Available to public on website (one-stop approach)

Target cleanup & revitalization efforts accordingly

Leveraged over $644M in redevelopment & construction dollars

Expect to generate over 8,400 jobs in 20 yrs

Aiming HighAiming High

Phoenix Award – for Excellence in Brownfields Redevelopment

LEED Green Building Award

Apply to current redevelopment projects

Lobby for Funding

Testify in Congress

Speak at Conferences, Demonstrating New Bedford’s/Southcoast’s Leadership

WorkforceWorkforce Green Certified

Bridge

STEM

Life sciences

Green Jobs Act

Green Jobs Now: National Day of Action to Build the New Economy – 9/27/08 New Bedford Green Jobs for All Solutions Fair

Action ItemsAction Items Commitment

Geographic Area

Makeup of Council

First Assignments

First Official Meeting