Training Workshops

APA and Bethel have designed an interactive, three-hour training workshop designed to educate and empower community-based organizations dealing with brownfields issues.

Round II Pilot Training Workshops

A second round of training workshops are currently under way. The training opens with a focus on developing an understanding of brownfields as opportunities and creating a community vision. Participants then select among three break-out sessions on redevelopment, cleanup, or finance. A new module has been added for Round II to allow participants to discuss local brownfields issues. This portion of the program is co-taught with the local host, APA, and Bethel. The workshop wraps up with a discussion on building community support and on next steps — where to locate resources, get help, and find partners.

Round II Hosts Selected

Congratulations to the host organizations selected to participate in the second round of training workshops:

• Brooke-Hancock-Jefferson Metropolitan Planning Commission
  May 14, 2008 — Weirton, West Virginia

• Environmental Indicators Project
  May 31, 2008 — Oakland, California

• Newtown Creek Alliance
  June 4, 2008 — Brooklyn, New York
  
  
• South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control
  August 19 — Columbia, South Carolina

Round I Pilot Training Workshops

The project team tested the training workshop during a round of events in May, July, and September 2007. Round I Pilot Training Workshops were held in the following locations:

• Chicago — hosted by Bethel New Life, Inc.
  May 30, 2007
  
  
• Houston — hosted by the City of Houston
  July 27, 2007
  
  
• Rockport, Indiana — hosted by the Lincolnland Economic Development Corporation
  September 18, 2007
  
  
• New York City — hosted by Enterprise Community Partners, Inc.
  September 24, 2007