The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 9 and the CA Department of Toxic Substances Control’s (DTSC) Office of Brownfields in collaboration with the Center for Creative Land Recycling will host the California Land Recycling Conference (CALRC): From the Ground Up, this September 17-19 at the Carson Event Center in Carson, CA. Come visit SCS Engineers, an exhibitor and sponsor at this leading Conference. CALRC is the premier event for community, municipal, and redevelopment professionals focused on the beneficial reuse of underutilized and contaminated properties. With unprecedented resources to address brownfield cleanup and reuse challenges, CALRC provides the tools, training, and connections you need to create and capitalize on opportunities for revitalization. This conference will spotlight the passion driving redevelopment projects, showcase the partnerships created, and help practitioners gain valuable insights into available funding opportunities that support these transformative programs. SCS can provide support for a variety of land use and brownfield redevelopment services, including:
Stack and Sequence: Building a Capital Matrix for Brownfield Redevelopment Funding
Brownfield Process & Funding
1:45 PM – 3:45 PM
Community Hall BC
Every brownfield project requires multiple sources of capital to be successful and the more difficult the project, the more capital sources are needed. This workshop will identify and describe a wide variety of brownfield capital sources that will range from brownfield-specific funding to traditional redevelopment financing. A deeper dive will show how sources can be integrated and stacked, used sequentially for the various stages of redevelopment, and combined with private investment. This workshop offers more than just a list of capital sources: in the first half of the workshop capital sources will be described and presented in a “generic” matrix showing the stack and sequence possibilities. Then in the second half of the workshop we’ll collectively work through a few stack and sequence project scenarios to demonstrate the wide range of possibilities for brownfield redevelopment funding/financing programs. The workshop will accommodate individual sites as well as broad areas, and both urban and rural scenarios. Public agencies and non-profits will benefit by learning how to best promote redevelopment through utilizing multiple capital sources. Additionally, practitioners will gain insights, tools, and strategies for working with developers and investors and cultivating successful public-private partnerships that support communities’ neighborhood revitalization goals. All participants will come away with a greater understanding of the wide variety of brownfield redevelopment capital sources and will have the opportunity to create their own plan.
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West Sacramento 20 Years Later – A Vision Becomes Reality
Brownfield Process & Funding
10:45 AM – 11:45 AM
Community Hall BC
For over 20 years, West Sacramento has been a prime example of actively preparing and implementing a Redevelopment Plan for various City Districts. From Master Plan to Redevelopment Transition Plan to Plan execution, West Sacramento has been at the forefront of Brownfields Redevelopment, using a variety of Financing and Funding resources, including EPA Assessment and Multi-purpose Grants, Tax Increment Financing (TIF), as well as public-private partnerships to help transform a once-overlooked City along the Sacramento River into a highly desirable place to live, work and visit. The session will describe the City’s visioning, financing and funding, assessment, and revitalization process used to transform key target areas such as Pioneer Bluff, Stone Lock and the Capitol Avenue Districts. West Sacramento is a prime example of Brownfields Redevelopment planning and execution. Examples of this transformation are evident across the City (Pioneer Bluff deindustrialization, Stone Lock rehabilitation, and affordable housing developments in the Capitol Avenue District). Attendees will gain a better understanding of full scope redevelopment projects from visioning to execution, the creative financing and partnership building needed to effect such a transformation, and the inspiring story that is West Sacramento. This session is intended for all CCLR CALRC attendees and will cover visioning, financing and funding, regulatory agency collaboration, environmental considerations, and stakeholder consensus building. Attendees will also view a GIS-based Story Map which graphically captures the West Sacramento transformation, past, present, and future.
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We are excited to announce that SCS Engineers will be sponsoring and exhibiting at the Center for Creative Land Recycling (CCLR) Arizona Brownfield Workshops this April 23rd, 24th, and 25th in collaboration with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Our very own Iain Olness will be a panelist and Eric Williams will moderate a panel. Similar content will be presented at all workshops, so choose the date and location most convenient to you! SCS can provide support for a variety of land use and brownfield redevelopment services, including:
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As noted in Waste360, SWANA’s recent report, “Reducing Contamination in Curbside Recycling Programs,” shows stubborn resistance to recycling even after an intense education and enforcement campaign in two towns. A bit more than one-quarter of the households simply didn’t seem to care. While the solid waste industry finds that hard to comprehend, we’re always looking for solutions, and we don’t give up.
Here’s a simple set of recommendations from Consumer Reports published in September for using less plastic. After all, if you don’t recycle, at least try to use less plastic! Most of the recommendations will save you a lot of money and are easy to do, some of which you’re probably already doing.
Thanks to Consumer Reports for its outstanding article that we share with you here.
When excess food at any stage of the food system can’t be diverted to people in need, the next best option is to feed it to animals. Even with the best systems in place to develop an efficient food system, there will always be some fraction that is not fit for consumption. This material should be recycled and reused to minimize the environmental burden and allow for recovery of part of the resources initially used in its production, processing and transport, creating a more circular food system.
In a circular system, food waste is recycled by treatment to stabilize it, anaerobic digestion and composting are common food waste treatment technologies used to stabilize waste and produce residual materials that can replenish the soil, thus contributing to a circular food system. While a circular system uses resources more efficiently, the approach is not without risk. The authors of this paper investigated heavy metals, halogenated organic compounds, foodborne pathogens and antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in the food system and their fates during digestion and composting.
While not impossible to mitigate, design, planning, and waste characterization play tremendous roles in sustainable systems.
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Everyone knows about recycling, especially if you work at SCS. Many times, there are different ways that you can reuse those items for something else before, or instead of, getting rid of them. Today, we are sharing easy zero waste tips to repurpose items you have around your house, rather than just tossing them in the recycle bin:
Author: Jennifer Mancini
