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Topic: Redevelopment

	Redevelopment Agency (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Torrance Redevelopment Agency was created in 1964 to assist the city in eliminating blight from a designated area within the city, and to attract new commercial, industrial, and residential developments in order to improve and breathe new life into an area.
		Redevelopment is one of the most effective ways to bring new life into deteriorated areas plagued by social, physical, environmental or economic conditions which act as a barrier to new investment by private enterprise.
		The Torrance Redevelopment Agency is committed to achieving the goal of eliminating blight and assisting in development, reconstruction and rehabilitation projects in the redevelopment project areas.
	www.ci.torrance.ca.us /city/dept/planning/agency.htm (1013 words)

	Redwood City Redevelopment
		Redevelopment is a process created to assist cities in eliminating blight from a struggling urban area and to encourage development, reconstruction and rehabilitation of buildings and public spaces in that area (called a redevelopment project area).
		Redevelopment is most often a partnership with the private sector, where public funds are used to generate private investment for the public good by creating an atmosphere where business can thrive.
		Redevelopment Projects such as Sequoia Station, Civic Center Plaza, and the Franklin Street Apartments have led to increased interest and activity in the Downtown area.
	www.ci.redwood-city.ca.us /cds/redevelopment (421 words)

	EDCD, Economic and Community Development (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Members of the Bakersfield Redevelopment Agency are appointed by the Mayor and confirmed by the City Council.
		Redevelopment is one of California's most effective ways to breathe new life into deteriorated and blighted areas plagued by a variety of social, physical, environmental, and economic conditions.
		Redevelopment, under the California Community Redevelopment Law, is one of the last available processes which has the authority, scope, and financial means to provide the necessary stimulus to reverse deteriorating trends, remedy blight, and create a new image for many communities.
	www.bakersfieldcity.us /edcd/redev (305 words)

	Proposed Crossroads Redevelopment Project \| Redevelopment Agency
		The focus of the Redevelopment Plan is to revitalize the properties along El Cajon Boulevard, University Avenue, Streamview Drive, and College Avenue and the residential neighborhoods of Chollas Creek and Fox Canyon, and develop the Resource Based Parkland at Chollas Park.
		The goal of the Redevelopment Plan is to address the physical conditions that exist along these corridors and to have a positive impact on the adjoining single-family neighborhoods.
		The purpose of the Redevelopment Plan is to eliminate and prevent the spread of blight and deterioration, and redevelop the Project Area in accordance with the General Plan and applicable community plan, and local codes and ordinances.
	www.sandiego.gov /redevelopment-agency/crossroads.shtml (671 words)

	FINANCING SMALL-SCALE URBAN REDEVELOPMENT PROJECTS - SGN Library
		For the past several years, we have studied the issue of redevelopment of previously used properties, conducting interviews with developers, lenders, environmental engineers and lawyers, environmental agency representatives, staff from economic development organizations and others.
		Redevelopment on abandoned sites may be especially promising since the property may be obtained for minimal cost.
		In some cases, a brownfield redevelopment may be more costly and time-consuming to complete than new construction on a greenfield, especially if property contamination is a factor.
	www.smartgrowth.org /library/finsbk.html (16480 words)

	Financing Brownfields Redevelopment - Economic Development - CPD - HUD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Brownfields redevelopment is the vehicle to unearth the development potential of our urban communities.
		Brownfields redevelopment activities are eligible uses for CDBG funds; however, these activities must be incorporated into local government priorities through the community's Consolidated Plan and annual action plan.
		BEDI funds are used to support and enhance the financial viability of projects assisted with Seciton 108 loan guarnatee funds by helping to ensure that the project is finicially successful and able to repay the related Section 108 loan guanantee.
	www.hud.gov /offices/cpd/economicdevelopment/programs/bedi/bfieldfinance.cfm (872 words)

	Welcome to the San Jose Redevelopment Agency (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The San Jose Redevelopment Agency (SJRA) is dedicated to creating jobs, building housing, and improving the lives of all who live and work in San José.
		The Redevelopment partners with business and the community to accomplish economic revitalization in Downtown San Jose, our technology parks and industrial areas, and our neighborhoods.
		The SJRA continues to be the most successful and effective agency in California due to our ability to build partnerships with local businesses and the community, strengthen neighborhoods, assist San José schools and families and effectively implement the community's vision.
	www.sjredevelopment.org (100 words)

	City of Desert Hot Springs - Redevelopment
		Redevelopment is an important part of building a vibrant and sustainable community.
		The City of Desert Hot Springs works closely with local, regional, state and federal agencies and entitites to ensure that the city has the social, physical, environmental and economic infrastructure necessary for its citizens and businesses.
		We are also working with investors in the public and private sectors as well as key stakeholders to redevelop neighborhoods and public areas, attract new businesses and jobs to the area and provide cultural and social elements that will enhance the city's quality of live.
	www.desert-hot-springs.us /ecodevelopment/redevelopment.html (93 words)

	OCRegister.com Commentary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The project isn't even in a redevelopment zone, which would have enabled the city to seize buildings through eminent domain and divert property taxes from schools and the county to become heavily involved in land use.
		Some older cities are expanding redevelopment from commercial property to whole residential neighborhoods or even all property in a city.
		The city's redevelopment agency is free to take on debt by diverting funds to wealthy investors, demolishing older dwellings to make way for upscale apartments or commercial uses like entertainment centers.
	www.ocregister.com /commentary/redevelopment (829 words)

	Coalition for Redevelopment Reform
		New redevelopment areas are largely driven by city staff, who choose the consultant with the approval of the city council.
		Redevelopment boosters claim the agency is entitled to keep the tax increment, because it was created by agency activity itself.
		Redevelopment backers may claim they are eliminating blight and cleaning up urban California, but the money trail tells a very different tale.
	www.coalitionforredevelopmentreform.org /references/morrreport.php (9268 words)

	Redevelopment Authority of the City of Milwaukee
		The Redevelopment Authority of the City of Milwaukee (RACM) is an independent corporation created by state statute in 1958.
		The mission of the Redevelopment Authority is to eliminate blighting conditions that inhibit neighborhood reinvestment, to foster and promote business expansion and job creation, and to facilitate new business and housing development.
		The Redevelopment Authority is a leader in the field of economic development.
	www.mkedcd.org /RACM (439 words)

	Wasserman - MICHIGAN'S BROWNFIELDS REDEVELOPMENT (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		If the purpose of redeveloping brownfields is to rebuild the tax base, it is somewhat counterproductive to "capture" the increase in tax base to pay for the environmental work associated with the development.
		The amount of the credit is ten percent of the eligible investment costs that the taxpayer has incurred to redevelop or expand the eligible property in the tax year, subject to a one million dollar cap on the total credits each taxpayer may claim for one year.
		Although there are sources identified for the cleanup and redevelopment fund, the statute prioritizes various other activities over brownfields redevelopment, and does not earmark any set amount for the revitalization loan fund specifically.
	www.dcl.edu /lawrev/97-4/wasserman.htm (8141 words)

	USCM \| 231-City Report Shows Effects of Brownfields in America
		Three-fourths of respondents estimated that if their brownfields were redeveloped, their cities would realize $878 million to $2.4 billion annually in additional tax revenues.
		An additional benefit of brownfield redevelopment cited by Mayors was the preservation of farmland and greenspace, as a tangible means of curbing sprawl.
		Brownfields redevelopment and farmland preservation are among the Conference’s highest priorities.
	www.usmayors.org /uscm/news/press_releases/documents/brownfields022400_final.asp (1106 words)

	City of Austin - Redevelopment of Robert Mueller Municipal
		Redevelopment of RMMA offers Austin a unique opportunity to create a new area in the city that can help to define its values and aspirations for the future, as well as maintain and enhance its distinctive quality of life.
		The Reuse and Redevelopment Plan for RMMA balances multiple objectives and planning parameters to articulate the community's vision of a compact and livable new area within the central city.
		To learn more about the redevelopment of RMMA or to receive a copy of the Executive Summary by mail, send your name and mailing address to Pam Hefner, City of Austin, Redevelopment Services at email pam.hefner@ci.austin.tx.us, or call (512) 974-3511.
	www.ci.austin.tx.us /mueller (469 words)

	Brownfields Redevelopment Initiative (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Like the VCP, the IOP can be used as a redevelopment tool or as a way to add value to a contaminated property by providing a certificate that confirms an innocent owner or operator is entitled to immunity from liability.
		Redevelopment plans for some of these sites have included a Boys and Girls Club of America, low income housing, a homeless shelter, fire stations, a municipal water tower and park land.
		This section allows municipal or county taxing authorities to provide property tax relief for the development or redevelopment of certain brownfield properties that are located within a reinvestment zone and have been cleaned up through the VCP.
	www.tnrcc.state.tx.us /permitting/remed/vcp/brownfields.html (1337 words)

	Redevelopment
		There is a need for proposed redevelopment to have the full availability of essential public services like water, roads, parks, and more.
		TIF funds will encourage redevelopment to occur by providing capital improvements that encourage underdeveloped lands to be brought up to the expected development standards of the Island.
		Redevelopment on the Island is inevitable, and new, innovative and sustainable solutions are needed to coordinate this redevelopment in a manner that improves the health, safety, and welfare of residents and visitors who live, work and play on Hilton Head Island.
	www.hiltonheadislandsc.gov /Depts/plng/projects/redevelop.html (162 words)

	Brownfield Gentrification in Amsterdam: the Westergasfabriek conversion and the new Westerpark.
		After 10 years, when redevelopment is complete, the lease will terminate, and the artists are officially expected to move on, to the next gentrification zone.
		Brownfield redevelopment means new building on former industrial and transport sites, or complete renovation of existing plant for non-industrial use.
		Brownfield residential redevelopment is a new pattern, in regions with relative land shortage (South-East England, Netherlands).
	web.inter.nl.net /users/Paul.Treanor/gentrification.html (7905 words)

	City of Bell Gardens: Redevelopment (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		As the first of Bell Garden's redevelopment plans undertaken in December of 1972, Project Area #1 incorporates a 320 acre tract designated for commercial, office, recreational and residential use and is approximately 21% of the land area in the city.
		The boundaries of Central City are one block east of Eastern Avenue to the east, Clara Street to the south, Gage Avenue to the north, and the Long Beach freeway to the west boundary.
		The Central City Redevelopment Project Area has been oriented toward the improvement of commercial activity in the downtown area and to assist in the development of housing.
	www.ci.bell-gardens.ca.us /redevelopment.htm (967 words)

	Japantown History4 Redevelopment: Western Addition
		At least 38 property parcels passed from Japanese ownership to the Redevelopment Agency in this period.(17) In place of the demolished structures was constructed the eight lane Geary Expressway and the Japan Cultural and Trade Center.
		As the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency announced plans for the launching of the Western Addition Project Area A-2, community members who had witnessed the ongoing mass evictions and clearance of neighboring A-1 became concerned and alarmed at what would happen to the rest of Japantown.
		Fifty-eight Japanese-owned properties were transferred to the Redevelopment Agency between 1962 and 1978.(26) In the end Japantown not only lost a great deal of land, residents, and businesses, but its community dynamics and relationships were also altered by the large influx of Japanese capital and shifting demographics.
	www.jtowntaskforce.org /jtown_history04.htm (1215 words)

	Redevelopment Agency Home Page - City of San Rafael (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The purpose of the Redevelopment Agency is to provide economic stimulus within the redevelopment project area.
		Redevelopment seeks to capitalize on the characteristics and resources unique to Central and East San Rafael and to reestablish the image and awareness of this area as the vital center in Marin.
		The Agency accomplishes this general goal through the provision of capital and infrastructure projects, elimination of blight, affordable housing development and aggregation of properties to allow private reinvestment where market forces are stymied.
	cityofsanrafael.org /redevelopment (151 words)

	Highlands Redevelopment
		The goal was to outline a redevelopment vision for the area and attract private sector interest in an urban village concept featuring compact urban development with an orientation toward transit and pedestrian amenities.
		The Highlands redevelopment project focused on integrating the residential areas with commercial development as a focal point for the Highlands community.
		This Strategic Redevelopment Plan will also highlight ways in which major landowners could be engaged in the process of supporting the area, by proactively undertaking redevelopment planning or by coordinated neighborhood marketing initiatives, for example.
	www.ci.renton.wa.us /ednsp/highland.htm (1911 words)

	Brownfields Program: Polanco Redevelopment Act (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Polanco Redevelopment Act (AB 3193, Chapter 1113, Statutes of 1990, Polanco), part of the Community Redevelopment Act, was enacted to assist redevelopment agencies in responding to brownfield properties in their redevelopment areas.
		It prescribes processes for redevelopment agencies to follow when cleaning up a hazardous substance release in a redevelopment project area.
		Redevelopment agencies requesting approval of their cleanup plans under the provisions of the Polanco Act are required to reimburse DTSC’s and the Regional Boards’ oversight costs.
	www.calepa.ca.gov /Brownfields/PolancoAct.htm (127 words)

	Johnstown Redevelopment Authority - Projects (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Johnstown Redevelopment Authority has completed numerous major projects.
		These projects involve traditional redevelopment, construction management of infrastructure improvements, management of City Agencies and residential rehabilitation.
		Redevelopment activities have concentrated mostly on renovating the Central Business District.
	ctcnet.net /jra/project.htm (103 words)

	Overview of Brownfields Federal Legislative Proposals
		As cleanup and redevelopment activity at non-NPL sites increases, information regarding the efficacy, cost and time requirements of various cleanup technologies will be generated.
		EPA could consider convening a working group of brownfields stakeholders to develop an information management system that would allow participants in redevelopment projects to take advantage of the cumulative experience of other projects with regard to the use of innovative cleanup technologies.
		At least one legislative proposal for brownfields redevelopment includes a provision that requires state Voluntary Cleanup Programs to coordinate with state economic development programs to ensure that brownfields redevelopment efforts and economic development programs support instead of compete with each other.
	www.nemw.org /brownlegover.htm (787 words)

	Home - Oakland CEDA
		The purpose of these redevelopment areas is to fund new projects that will create a healthier environment for businesses and residents.
		The Redevelopment Division of the Community and Economic Development Agency is responsible for these redevelopment areas and works with developers, local businesses, and residents to build new housing, retail, office, parks, streets, and streetscape improvements.
		State law allows a redevelopment agency to obtain funds using "tax increment financing." Here’s how it works: on the date the city council approves a redevelopment plan, the property within the boundaries of the plan has a certain total property tax value.
	www.business2oakland.com /main/redevelopment.htm (561 words)

	Brownfields
		Intense regional and national interest in the implications of brownfields for urban redevelopment and environmental cleanup led the Institute to launch an ongoing research program to identify the impacts of federal and state policies and programs on community revitalization efforts and suggest opportunities for improvement.
		Life after the Grant, Phase II This report examines the impact of brownfield grants administered by EPA Region 2 in New Jersey and New York, and describes the successes and challenges of the local brownfield programs these grants support.
		This paper focuses on the relationship between transportation infrastructure investments and the cleanup and redevelopment of brownfields, describes federal transportation spending and policies, and outlines the manner in which transportation projects relate to brownfield reuse.
	www.nemw.org /brownfields.htm (2209 words)

	Midland Redevelopment Authority
		A new road network has opened up the Workshops site, linking it with the town centre, and the redevelopment area is being defined by attractive landscaping, street furniture and stylish public art works.
		In the town centre a smaller development of two or three-storey terrace-style buildings will be created along The Crescent, which will become a pleasant, shady boulevard with attractive al fresco areas to encourage high pedestrian activity.
		The redevelopment will enhance Midland ‘s rich heritage, strengthen its role as a strategic regional centre and bring widespread benefits to the town and the region.
	www.mra.wa.gov.au (231 words)

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