{"product_id":"2940148240525","title":"Redeveloping Brownfields: How States and Localities Use CDBG Funds","description":"America’s cities are in their best shape in years. In most cases, fiscal conditions have  improved, crime is down, and the center city is becoming more vital. Yet, urban revitalization \u003cbr\u003eremains a work in progress, and the restoration of urban brownfields to productive use will be \u003cbr\u003ecritical in completing the job. \u003cbr\u003e The Clinton Administration has made it a priority to help communities clean up and  redevelop brownfields, and the Department ofHousing and Urban Development has taken a \u003cbr\u003enumber of important steps in response to this need. Our new Brownfields Economic \u003cbr\u003eDevelopment Initiative (BEDI) specifically addresses this priority as part of a locality’s \u003cbr\u003eeconomic redevelopment strategy. We are a full partner in the Administration’s “Showcase \u003cbr\u003eCommunities” initiative, provide technical assistance to State and local governments, and have \u003cbr\u003estreamlined our community development regulations to make them more friendly to brownfields \u003cbr\u003eredevelopment. \u003cbr\u003e In addition, the Department has launched an active research program to better understand  how brownfields impede revitalization of our Nation’s distressed communities. This will help us \u003cbr\u003edevelop ways to overcome and eliminate these impediments. Our research examines a range of \u003cbr\u003econcerns: how the intertwined issues of environmental risk and neighborhood economic distress \u003cbr\u003eaffect redevelopment; how the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program supports \u003cbr\u003elocal brownfields revitalization efforts; the feasibility of using environmental insurance; and \u003cbr\u003einnovative financing approaches for brownfields cleanup and redevelopment. \u003cbr\u003eThis report, Redeveloping Brownfields: How States and Localities Use CDBG Funds \u003cbr\u003eprovides important insights into how State and local governments use the CDBG program to \u003cbr\u003etackle brownfields redevelopment challenges in their communities. The report illustrates the \u003cbr\u003eextent to which CDBG is a sound and adaptable resource for addressing the complexity of local \u003cbr\u003ebrownfields redevelopment. It also offers suggestions, based primarily on comments from \u003cbr\u003eprogram users, on how the Department can be more responsive to local needs.","brand":"ReadCycle","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47108665278704,"sku":"2940148240525","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940148240525_p0.jpg?v=1763699378","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940148240525","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}