Partners & Links
Potential Partners
The following is a list of organizations/stakeholders that often become involved in brownfields redevelopment. When beginning a brownfield project in your community, please consider partnering with others who may also share your goals and have additional expertise to offer your project. While not every entity on this list may be applicable to your situation, the list may offer ideas of possible partnerships.
Local Government - Public
- Elected Officials
- Health and Housing Departments
- Planning/Redevelopment Commissions
Local Business - Private
- Attorneys
- Chambers of Commerce
- Consultants
- Developers
- Lending Institutions
- Realtors
- Small Business Associations
- Utilities
Local/State Interest Groups - Private & Public
- Churches
- Community Leaders
- Community Members
- Environmental Groups
- Habitat for Humanity
- Historic Preservation
- Media
Neighborhood Associations/Community Development Corporations (CDCs)
- Schools/Universities
- Trade Associations
- Urban Leagues
State & Federal Government Agencies - Public
- Federal Highway Administration - Indiana (FHWA-IN)
- Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM)
- Indiana Department of Natural Resources (IDNR)
- Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT)
- Indiana Economic Development Corporation (IEDC)
- Indiana Housing & Community Development Authority (IHCDA)
- Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs (OCRA)
- Indiana State Department of Agriculture (ISDA)
- Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH)
- U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA)
- U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development
Links
- Regional/Federal
- State
- Technical Resources (analytical methods, remediation technology, etc.)
- Others
- Disclaimer
- Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
- Federal Register
- Great Lakes Environmental Finance Center
- Great Lakes Regional Online Brownfields Information Network (ROBIN) Home Page
- Technical Assistance to Brownfields Communities (TAB)
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
- U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development
- U.S. Department of Defense (DOD)
- U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
- U.S. Department of Labor (OSHA)
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA)
- Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM)
- Indiana Department of Natural Resources (IDNR)
- Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT)
- Indiana Economic Development Corporation (IEDC)
- Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority (IHCDA)
- Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs (OCRA)
- Indiana State Department of Agriculture (ISDA)
- Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH)
Technical Resources (analytical methods, remediation technology, etc.)
- About Remediation
- ASTM International
- Brownfields Technology and Land Revitaliation Support Center
- Cement-Based Solidification/Stabilization
- CERCLIS and Archive lists/databases, FOIA filing, etc.
- CERCLIS information - Region 5
- Clean Energy Technology
- CLU-IN Contaminant Focus
- Contract Laboratory Program web page-SOWs, labs, fact sheets,
data review guidelines - EnviroFacts Database
- Federal Remediation Technologies Roundtable
- Field Analytical Technologies
- Hazardous Waste Clean-Up Information
- Interstate Technology & Regulatory Council (ITRC)
- Midwest Hazardous Substance Research Center
- National Institute of Standards and Technology
- Remediation Technologies Development Forum
- Risk Integrated System of Closure (RISC)
- Solid Waste Test Methods (RCRA)
- Superfund guidance, technical resources, soil screening, RAGS,
presumptive, remedies, NTIS, GPO, RODs, HRS - Triad Approach
- American Farmland Trust
- American Planning Association
- Association of Indiana Counties
- Association of Indiana Solid Waste Management District, Inc. (AISWMD)
- Green Buildings
- Indiana Association for Community Economic Development (IACED)
- Indiana Association of Cities and Towns (IACT)
- Indiana Association of County Commissioners
- Indiana Association of Regional Councils (IARC)
- Indiana Chapter of the American Planning Association
- Indiana Economic Development Association (IEDA)
- Indiana Land Use Consortium (ILUC)
- International Economic Development Council
- Insurance and Brownfields Redevelopment
- International City/County Management Association (ICMA)
- Local Government Environmental Assistance Network (LGEAN)
- National Association of Demolition Contractors
- National Association of Development Organizations (NADO)
- National Association of Local Government Environmental Professionals (NALGEP)
- National Association of Realtors
- National Brownfields Association (NBA) – Indiana Chapter
- National Governors Association
- Northeast Midwest Institute (NEMW)
- Our Town - A Community Schools Partnership for Brownfields Redevelopment
- Sustainable Communities Network
- Wildlife Habitat Council
- Local Economic Development Organizations (LEDOs)
Mention of non-Indiana Finance Authority (IFA) Web site links does not constitute an IFA endorsement of their contents, only an acknowledgment that they exist and may be relevant to our brownfields redevelopment stakeholders.
Project Highlights
The Town of Ligonier is in the process of recycling materials from demolition of buildings on the four-acre former Essex Wire brownfield site, which is planned for redevelopment as a river park and possibly the future home of a fire station.
- Find a Brownfield in my community.
- Apply for financial assistance.
- Read applicable cleanup standards.
- Download public records.
- Research Brownfields issues.
- Contact Brownfields Program staff.
- Obtain a liability clarification.
- Submit a brownfield success story.
- Make a suggestion about the Program.
- Submit a Brownfields Program Project Survey.
