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Webinar – Market Insights for Brownfields Redevelopment: Trends in the Covid era – October 16, 2020

Please join EPA’s Office of Brownfields and Land Revitalization on Friday, October 16, 2020 1:00-2:30pm ET for Market Insights for Brownfields Redevelopment: Trends in the COV/D-19 Era. Our speakers will discuss online markets and new trends in residential and commercial markets affected by COVID-19, and what communities can do now to help themselves take advantage […]

Regional Jobs Center Comes to Oakley

A new jobs center creating thousands of jobs and generating almost $500,000,000 in economic impact is underway as the result of a partnership formed the City of Oakley with DuPont and completed with Chemours. To find out more, go here: https://www.vitanuova.net/services/redeveloping-complex-properties/projects/oakley-california/ To view construction underway, visit: https://app.oxblue.com/open/clayco/cclcbldg1

Jim Rocco

Jim Rocco is a leader in technical solutions for the energy industry. He brings over 30 years of experience in information management, environmental risk management, and risk-based decision processes for sustainable site corrective action and property redevelopment. Mr. Rocco has extensive experience and involvement in developing technical solutions for environmental risk management and implementing structured […]

Investment continues in Lakefront District in Gary Indiana

Working with the City of Gary and the Strong Cities Partnership, Vita Nuova conceived and designed the transit-oriented development around the Miller Station. State and federal agencies continue to fund this vision, turning the Miller Station into an “origination” station for trains to Chicago, reducing travel times significantly through the use of double-tracking. See latest […]

Rebuilding America Webinar #2 – The Oakley Story: From Cul-de-Sac to Regional Hub

Join us for the 2nd Rebuilding America webinar! September 11, 2020 | 12:00 – 1:30 ET Register Now Partnerships Powering Redevelopment The Oakley Story: From End of the Line to Regional Hub This is an evolving story of how a small town in California banded together with an industrial owner of a former manufacturing site […]

Rebecca Kourkoulis

Rebecca is a senior project manager with over 15 years of experience supporting federal, local, and private sector clients. She has managed an array of sustainability-oriented projects that identify and address the connections between land use and environmental issues. Rebecca has experience leading projects that provide policy analysis and program and communications support on topics […]

Tony Bialecki

Tony Bialecki brings more than 35 years of development experience to the Vita Nuova Team. He has worked with a wide range of public and private stakeholders to generate economic development opportunities, leading to increased job growth and significant real estate and business investments. Mr. Bialecki has worked with buyers, tenants, and sellers of real […]

Craig Milburn

Craig Milburn is a Senior Project Manager with more than 20 years of experience providing program management on complex brownfield and superfund projects with an emphasis on community engagement and reuse planning. At Vita Nuova, Craig supports public and private sector clients on site repositioning and disposition and manages a team of experts to develop […]

Rebuilding America Webinar #1 – June 5th, 2020 – Taking the Long View: Rebuilding Communities is a Marathon Not a Sprint!

June 5th | 12-1:30PM EDT Please join the Redevelopment Institute for the first Rebuilding America webinar on June 5th at 12PM EDT! The ReGenesis Partnership in Spartanburg, SC, has worked to rebuild and revitalize the Arkwright community for the past 20 years. This effort has involved a multi-stakeholder partnership composed of representatives of Federal, State, […]

2019 National Brownfields Leadership Award Winners

At the National Brownfields Training Conference in December, CCLR honored three outstanding brownfield redevelopment practitioners with National Brownfields Leadership Awards. For many years, these awards have recognized land reuse luminaries who have made significant contributions to our field. Given only every two years at the National Brownfields Conference, the National Brownfields Leadership Awards honor practitioners […]