KDHE Home - Division of Environment - Bureau of Environmental Remediation - Remedial Section - State Response and Property Redevelopment Unit - Brownfields
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What are "Brownfields"?Brownfields are real property, the expansion, redevelopment, or reuse of which may be complicated by the presence or potential presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant. Often the potential liability associated with contamination complicates business development, property transactions, or expansion on these properties. Cleaning up and redeveloping brownfields properties is necessary to preserve neighborhoods, reduce urban sprawl, and stop the continued development of new industrial and commercial facilities on farmland. By investigating and cleaning up a brownfields property and taking care of the site's potential health or environmental risks, communities can use local land again - producing jobs, increasing the tax base, or adding other benefits such as creating a park or residential area. Every city and county, in both rural and urban areas, has brownfields properties. KDHE currently has programs to assist communities with the redevelopment of brownfields properties Click here for more on KDHE's Brownfields Program What are "Greenfields"?Greenfields are undeveloped lands such as farmlands, woodlands, or fields located on the outskirts of urbanized areas. Businesses often prefer to develop new facilities on greenfields to avoid the real or perceived difficulties associated with brownfields redevelopment. This tendency to develop on open spaces on the outskirts of cities promotes urban sprawl, taking land away from communities who would otherwise use these areas for recreation or other quality of life purposes. Upcoming Events & News ArticlesNEW - Community Redevelopment Workshops, April 2008 The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) invites you to attend "Reclaiming our Communities - the Kansas Brownfields Program", our series of community redevelopment workshops being held statewide at the following locations in 2008.
NEW - Winter 2008 Brownfields Newsletter (.pdf) KDHE Brownfields 2008 Petroleum Assessment Grant Application Federal Brownfields Tax Incentive Redevelop KS Initiative Website Click here to sign up to receive periodic emails about Kansas Brownfields programs. Some of the files above require the Adobe Acrobat Reader® plug-in. For assistance with download, installation, or use of the plug-in, please contact Adobe Systems, Inc.® |
