Tag: brownfields


2014 Brownfield Grants Issued

Last week, the EPA announced this year’s recipients of Brownfield Investment Grants for 171 communities nationwide.  These Brownfields Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup (ARC) grants provide money to assess and clean-up abandoned industrial and commercial properties.  Of the $67 million awarded this year, $23.5 million will be directed towards communities impacted by power plant […]


We Confess! We are the “Consultant”!

The Kentucky Department for Environmental Protection just published an article in their “Naturally Connected Newsletter. “First Property Purchase under new Land Reuse and Redevelopment Provisions”.  This article describes a project we are VERY proud of.  Karen Thompson of SMG was the consultant to Ruggles Sign Company and was instrumental in helping develop a plan to use […]