FUNDS FOR REDEVELOPING BROWNFIELDS
April 2, 2015 Clarksdale MS
CENTER FOR CREATIVE LAND RECYCLING
• Workshops • Brownfields 101 & Funding • Custom
• Technical Assistance: EPA TAB grantee • Liability • Grant review • Outreach
• Policy & Research • Consulting • Online at www.cclr.org
Sarah Sieloff [email protected]
415.398.1080
STRATEGIES FOR EFFECTIVE BROWNFIELDS PROJECTS & PROGRAMS
• Community: Obtain community leadership support, convene stakeholders, address concerns, incorporate plans
• Technical: Collect & analyze good information • Regulatory: Coordinate with regulatory agencies;
develop assessment, legal & acquisition strategies • Financial: Obtain planning, site assessment &
remediation funds – loans & grants. Consider Federal & state programs for infrastructure & economic development.
Seed funding & assistance to local government & communities are available through various programs.
LEVERAGING MULTIPLE SOURCES • Brownfields activities as a percentage of
expenses • Successful projects take time • Don’t need all the money at once • Consider all sources:
• Public: other federal, state & local grants/loans, tax exempt and taxable bond financing, local levy funds
• Private: bank/other institution loans, investor’s equity, tax credits
• In-kind: staff salary/benefits, volunteer hours, equipment, building space
• Money attracts money; success breeds success
PLAN & PRIORITIZE • Grant funding cycles • Funding agency priorities • Economic or community development needs
• Planning • Infrastructure • Redevelopment & jobs >>>>>
• Grant & development teams • Political & community support • Planning & zoning consistency • Entitlements & permits • Planning & construction schedule
˃ Commercial/industrial ˃ Housing ˃ Open space
FEDERAL FUNDING & TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE SOURCES • Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) • Housing & Urban Development (HUD) • Department of Transportation (DOT) • Economic Development Administration (EDA) • Department of Agriculture • Department of Energy • Army Corps of Engineers • Who to contact?
• Formula grants/loans: Mississippi Development Authority, Delta Regional Authority, planning/ economic development district, metropolitan planning organization or council of government
• Discretionary grants/loans: contact directly
EPA’S BROWNFIELD PROGRAM
1. Redevelopment Program
2. NOT Enforcement Program
3. Grants & Technical Assistance
Talk to EPA, MDEQ/ADEQ & CCLR early Clear project
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ELIGIBILITY • Applicant
• Governmental Entities • Tribes • Non-Profits (4 of 6 programs)
• Site • Privately or publicly held
property • Grant recipient cannot be
responsible for contamination • Private property owner can be
responsible for contamination
Targeted Brownfields
Assessments
Area-Wide Planning
Assessment Grants
Cleanup Grants
Revolving Loan Fund
Grants
Job Training Grants
TARGETED BROWNFIELDS ASSESSMENT
• Rolling Applications • Contractor Assistance • Easy First Step • Small scale • Petroleum or
Hazardous Substances sites
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Pelican Landing Conference Center, Moss Point MS
ASSESSMENT GRANTS
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$400,000 EPA community-wide assessment grant McComb City Hospital
• Fall 2015 • Community Wide
• $200K each for petroleum & hazardous substances
• Site Specific: • $200K-$350K
• Coalition • $600K
• Strategies for small & rural communities
CLEANUP GRANTS • Fall 2015 • $200K per site, up to $600K • 20% match • Fee Simple Ownership • Government or Nonprofit
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REVOLVING LOAN FUND • Fall 2015 – (Biannual) • $1Million • For cleanup subgrants & loans • Loan amount & interest returns to grantee • Strategies for small & rural communities
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AREA WIDE PLANNING • 2016 or 2017 • $200,000 • Planning for Brownfields Redevelopment
Louisville KY (2013) • Area-wide plan &
implementation strategy for the Central Rail Corridor - a blend of large institutions, small neighborhoods, and historic landmarks
• Consortium of city, university, business, neighbors, consultants
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WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT • $200,000 – no match • Workforce Training • Govt. & Nonprofit • Environmental
Technician • Health & Safety • Tailored training to market
demand • Hazardous Cleanup • Lead/Asbestos Abatement • Solar Installation, etc.
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SAU Tech, Camden AR Memphis Bioworks; TN
Enterprise Center Chattanooga TN
PREPARING FOR A GRANT PROPOSAL?
• You? Grant writer? Consultants? • Significant work effort
• 15 pages • Commitment Letters • Public Notice
• Key points • Partnerships • Leveraging • Fit with “big picture” • Sustainability
• Contact early • MDEQ/ADEQ • CCLR
OTHER EPA RESOURCES • Sustainable
Communities • Green
Infrastructure • Green Building • Re-Powering
America’s Lands • HUD-DOT-EPA
Partnership
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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Minville Mansions Knoxville TN
Waynesboro, VA Downtown Facade
Community Development Block Grants
Section 108 Loan Guarantee In the Fall • Choice Neighborhoods • National Resource
Network (NRN) • Promise Zones
Court Square Center, Memphis
US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS
• With the Riverfront Development Corporation (RDC) & Memphis | Shelby County Community Redevelopment Agency
• Identify potential long-term public & private improvements to promote an active, sustainable, safe and desirable Uptown West area
U.S. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION (EDA)
• Grants to local government & non-profits in areas of severe economic distress • Targets attraction of private capital investment and to create higher-skill, higher-wage
jobs • Locally-developed, regionally-based economic initiatives that contribute to economic
growth & regional competitiveness, innovation & entrepreneurship.
Delta State University, Cleveland MS
Programs: • Physical infrastructure upgrades (Public
Works/Economic Adjustment) • Reuse of publicly owned buildings (Public
Works/Economic Adjustment) • Brownfield Inventories/Redevelopment
Plans (Planning) • Site-specific market feasibility studies
(Planning/Local Technical Assistance) • Capitalization of Revolving Loan Funds
(Economic Adjustment)
Industrial Park, Puckett MS
U.S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE RURAL DEVELOPMENT
• Community Facilities Loans & Grants • Health care, public safety, public
buildings, cultural & education, energy transmission/distribution; transportation
• Public entities – population <20,000
• Water & Environmental Loans & Grants
• Water & Wastewater infrastructure - new & replacement
• Public entities – population <10,000; municipalities, counties & special purpose districts, nonprofits & tribes
• Energy, Housing and Business Development
Byhalla City Hall
Swift Museum, Rogersville TN Renovation
STATE, LOCAL, AND PRIVATE FUNDING SOURCES
• MS Development Authority • AR
• Economic Development Commission • Rural Development Services
• New Market Tax Credits • TIF/PID • Historic Tax Credits • Foundations
NMTC: QUALIFIED AREAS & PROJECTS
Resinall Corp Hattiesburg MS
Delta Memorial Hospital Dumas AR
Tax incentive for private sector investment to projects and businesses in low-income communities
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LOCAL & OTHER TOOLS • Historic Tax Credits
• Incentives to invest in qualified historic buildings • Foundations • Tax Increment Financing (TIF)
• Leverage future property value & taxes for eligible expenses such as planning, acquisition & infrastructure
• Financing based on future increased tax revenue • Public Improvement Districts (PID)
• Political subdivision in MS that can be established to fund infrastructure using tax exempt bonds
• Financing based on current or future property value
Admiral Building, Kansas City MO REA, Sacramento CA
Triangle Biotech, Durham NC Dalton Bldg, Rock Hill SC Masonic Temple, Wyandotte MI
FOUNDATIONS - STRATEGIES • Capital & planning grants • Understand how foundation’s
grants fit into applicant’s financing strategy
• Demonstrate how organization’s project will meet foundation’s objectives
• Best for jump-starting a project/program
• Demonstrate capacity and organization
Southern Place Apartments, Helena AR
Mississippi Arts & Entertainment Center, Meridian MS
CASE STUDIES
RLF & TIF Hillsboro OR Hillsboro OR
EPA ARC & Foundations Vernonia OR
TAX INCREMENT FINANCING $
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Tax
Time
Tax Increment
Base Year
$ to current taxing
districts
$ to redevelopment authority
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INTERTECH SCIENCE PARK SHREVEPORT, LA
• DOT - $0.2M • HUD - $2M • EDA - $1.3M • EPA - $1M • State • Private • $44 Million investment for planning,
construction & redevelopment since 2002 • 25 companies • 370 employees • Annual payroll $18M M
WORDS OF WISDOM
• Building a team • Patience,
Partnerships, Perseverance
• Planning early • Mix & match
financial and planning incentives
• Take Risks