CALENDAR
ANNOUNCEMENT
FOURTH ANNUAL NORTHWEST FLORIDA BROWNFIELDS
REDEVELOPMENT FORUM TO BE HELD IN SANTA ROSA COUNTY
~Event designed to expand knowledge on the economic and environmental benefits of brownfields redevelopment~~
WHAT: Fourth Annual Northwest Florida Brownfields Redevelopment Forum
WHEN: Thursday, June 16
8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. (CDT)
WHERE: Santa Rosa County Auditorium
4530 Spikes Way
Milton, FL 32583
HOW: Registration is free and available here.
MILTON, FLA. – The
Florida Department of Environmental Protection’s Northwest District, in partnership with the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency and the West Florida and Apalachee Regional
Planning Councils invite local governments, investors, developers and other
interested parties to learn about Florida’s Brownfields Redevelopment Program.
This year's event will include interactive discussion of brownfields assessment and cleanup, local success stories, updates to Florida laws governing brownfields sites and economic incentives of brownfields redevelopment.
Florida’s
Brownfields Program facilitates redevelopment and job creation by empowering
communities, local governments and other stakeholders to work together to
assess, clean up and reuse properties previously impacted by pollutants. To make the program's incentives available to a community, a local government must designate a brownfields area by resolution.
Utilizing
economic and regulatory incentives, the program encourages the use of private
revenue to restore and redevelop sites, create new jobs and boost the local
economy. One example of a successful local project can be found along Main Street on the Pensacola Bay waterfront in an area that was
historically filled in for cargo docks. After revitalization, the property is
now occupied by Baskerville-Donovan, Inc. and Nick’s Boathouse Restaurant. The
combined value of the property is now over $3.2 million compared to the
predevelopment value of $463,000.
For more
information about the Fourth Annual
Northwest Florida Brownfields Redevelopment Forum, contact Brandy
Smith, 850-595-0695.
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