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12/4/2023 | New Jersey Brownfield Development Grant Application Supporting Resources |
Communities in New Jersey interested in applying for brownfield development grants can use the following resources to help you identify potential brownfield sites of interest, find property information, build a steering committee to guide redevelopment, and determine how redevelopment will benefit the community.
For specific questions and direct assistance on your application, contact the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) Technical Assistance to Brownfield Communities (TAB) at (973) 642-4165 or tab@njit.edu.
Project Information and Site Background
- Identify brownfield sites within your community.
- NJDEP’s “Known Contaminated Sites” are divided into three categories: active sites with known contamination, pending sites with known contamination, and closed sites with remediated contamination. While not all these sites are brownfields, you can search the list for details on historic contamination and the Site Remediation Program Interest (PI) identification number (PI ID#) of sites of interest in your community. This information can be obtained from the NJDEP Data Miner Database.
- The New Jersey Brownfields Inventory Mapping Layer from the NJ Department of Community Affairs (DCA), NJ Economic Development Authority (EDA), and NJDEP makes valuable information about brownfields sites easily accessible, helping investors, developers, community leaders, Licensed Site Remediation Professionals (LSRPs), and the public identify brownfields with redevelopment potential. View on NJ DCA’s NJ Community Asset Map.
- NJIT’s A Comprehensive Guide on How to Create a Brownfield Inventory is a step-by-step guide on how to inventory brownfield sites in your community.
- View potential brownfield sites and determine project boundaries on NJDEP’s NJ-GeoWeb. You can view potential sites and their associated block, lot, address, and other surrounding identifying feature information such as rivers, waterbodies, railroads, streets, roads, and highways.
- Download aerial imagery for your site(s) using New Jersey Geographic Information Network (NJGIN)’s Imagery Warehouse.
- Determine baseline information on brownfield sites using NJGIN’S Property Explorer App. View the property address, block, lot, address of property owner, acreage, and property description of your sites of interest. Note: Owner name information is not publicly available. Verify property information with your municipal tax office.
- Find your site(s)’s zoning on NJ DCA’s NJ Community Asset Map and verify in your municipality’s code of ordinances. You can access the code in-person or online at your municipality’s website.
- Find information on site remediation activities at NJDEP Data Miner Database.
- Find environmental records at Community Lattice’s PEER: Platform for Exploring Environmental Records.
Building a Steering Committee
- Review guidance on organizing and executing a planning team using EPA’s Brownfields Stakeholder Forum Kit. See pages 4-5 on organizing a planning committee.
- Additional guidance on community outreach is available on NJIT TAB’s website.
Community Overview
- Find area population and general demographics at data.census.gov.
- Use the NJ DCA’s NJ Community Asset Map to find information on assets and planning designations.
- Identify local planning designations, including:
- Municipal Zoning
- Areas in Need of Redevelopment
- Areas in Need of Rehabilitation
- Identify economic development designations, including:
- Opportunity Zones
- Urban Enterprise Zones
- Innovation Zones
- NJ Redevelopment Authority Eligible Municipalities
- Federal Empowerment Zones and Renewal Communities
- Smart Growth Areas
- Identify transportation infrastructure, including:
- Marinas
- Ports
- Public Airports
- Intermodal Facilities
- Transit Parking
- Bus Terminals
- Train Stations
- Transit Villages
- Identify recreation and open space using the State, Local and Nonprofit Open Space layer.
- Note: Verify these designations with your municipality to make sure this is the most up-to-date information.
- Identify local planning designations, including:
- Identify historic districts and properties on NJDEP’s NJ-GeoWeb (see Historic Preservation under Layer List).
- Identify State Planning Areas on the New Jersey Department of State Office of Planning Advocacy Locator Map.
- Identify water-based obstacles to redevelopment on NJDEP’s NJ-GeoWeb including wetlands (see Land under Layer List), Category 1 waters, Tidelands Claim Lines, Water Bodies (see Water under Layer List).
- Identify floodplains at the FEMA Flood Map Service Center.
- Identify threatened and endangered species using the NJDEP Landscape 3.3 Viewer. Find your landscape region, and then click on the species-based habitat for your region to find out if any threatened or endangered species are on your sites.
Redevelopment Vision and Community Benefits
- Learn about smart growth principles.
- Learn about environmental benefits of brownfield redevelopment.
- Learned about brownfields and environmental justice and strategies to minimize displacement from the EPA.
- Learn about public health benefits of brownfield redevelopment from the EPA.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has reached a settlement with Allied Waste Niagara Falls Landfill, LLC (Allied) for violating the federal Clean Air Act at its landfill in Niagara Falls, New York.
EVENTS
- Ms. Carrie Martin, AICP, Environmental Sustainability Planner, Center for Community Systems, New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT TAB)
- Lesley Zlatev, Revitalization Specialist, NYS Department of State (DOS)
New York State communities, do you have a Brownfield Opportunity Area (BOA) designation and are unsure what your next steps should be? Don’t have a designation yet, but would like some insight on the process after designation? If you answered yes to any of these questions, mark your calendars and plan to join us for our upcoming webinar on Thursday, March 28 at 11:00AM ET.
Join our virtual workshop for New York State communities with Brownfield Opportunity Area designations to learn how to continue the brownfield revitalization process after designation.NYS DOS and NJIT TAB want to help you and your community further your revitalization efforts!
After the webinar, there will be a Q&A session where you can ask the panelists about any specific questions that you may have.
To register for this free webinar, click here!
- Ms. Elise Molleur, Brownfield Redevelopment Specialist, Center for Community Systems, New Jersey Institute of Technology
Mr. Rogers carried a note in his wallet that said: "there isn't anyone you couldn't love once you've heard their story." Believe it or not, this can be true even for those abandoned old industrial sites that plague almost every community. This webinar focuses on the significance of being able to tell the history of the impacts of contamination to our neighborhoods, and the humanity in redevelopment potential. Why is this important? Effectively telling the story of your project is critical to accessing resources, such as funding and partnerships. Join us to learn techniques to re-imagine the way you describe your brownfield redevelopment project to maximize the positive impact for communities, officials, and organizations.
To register for this free webinar, click here!
- Ms. Carrie Martin, AICP, Environmental Sustainability Planner, Center for Community Systems, New Jersey Institute of Technology
Join us as we dive into key concepts related to climate change preparation and resiliency (climate change mitigation, climate change adaptation, resilience) and how to apply this knowledge to future U.S. EPA brownfield funding applications. Attendees will be able to articulate how to redevelop their brownfield sites to better protect their communities from climate threats and reduce greenhouse gasses emissions through renewable energy and energy efficiency.
To register for this free webinar, click here!
- Mr. Joseph Reiner, Brownfield Redevelopment Specialist, Center for Community Systems, New Jersey Institute of Technology
Redeveloping vacant and polluted sites can be a long process. Some communities have had success with temporary, interim site uses related to pop-up economic, social, or artistic experimentation. This webinar will present the benefits, special considerations, and a toolkit to help local governments, non-profits, and practitioners embark on their own brownfield Cinderella story!
To register for this free webinar, click here!
- Ms. Cailyn Bruno, PG, LSRP, Director, Environmental Services, Center for Community Systems, New Jersey Institute of Technology
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Spencer K. Gober, AICP, Associate Manager, Office of Community & Economic Development·Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
Redeveloping vacant and polluted sites can be a long process. Some communities have had success with temporary, interim site uses related to pop-up economic, social, or artistic experimentation. This webinar will present the benefits, special considerations, and a toolkit to help local governments, non-profits, and practitioners embark on their own brownfield Cinderella story!
To register for this free webinar, click here!
NJIT TAB and the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection are partnering to host a free virtual Brownfield Development Area Workshop on January 24th from 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
This half day workshop is open to elected officials and staff of municipal, county, quasi-governments and associated consultants. Speakers from the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), and individuals involved in Perth Amboy’s North Outerbridge Crossing BDA project will provide information about the following topics:
- How your municipality would benefit from being designated as a Brownfield Development Area
- How other municipalities have benefitted from a BDA designation
- The components of the BDA application
- How to obtain free technical assistance in transforming your brownfields into community assets