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Welcome to the Indiana Brownfields Program. Our mission is to encourage and assist investment in the redevelopment of brownfield properties by helping communities via educational, financial, technical and legal assistance to identify and mitigate environmental barriers that impede local economic growth.
January 27, 2012: Deadline to request from the Indiana Brownfields Program the required State Acknowledgement Letters/Petroleum Eligibility Determinations for the U.S. EPA Brownfields Multi-Purpose Pilot Grant Proposals. Request Form is available here. February 10, 2012: Deadline for U.S. EPA Brownfields Multi-Purpose Pilot Grant Proposals http://www.epa.gov/brownfields/applicat.htm Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) low-cost flexible funding still available Indiana Brownfields Program Automotive Sector Brownfields Assessment Initiative State Revolving Fund Loan Program Funding: Brownfield Remediation Nonpoint Source Projects Fact Sheet Tax Incentives A Guide to Federal Tax Incentives for Brownfields Redevelopment Read the Brownfields Bulletin Summer 2011 Issue Check out our Sustainability Initiative Web page U.S. EPA Resource on State and Local Government Brownfield Acquisitions Creating Community-Based Brownfields Redevelopment Strategies Guide Free assistance with project planning, grant applications, RFPs, contractor selection, etc. Presentations from the co-hosted TAB/BSU Brownfields Resources and Partners Workshop held in Indianapolis on August 3, 2011 is available here Presentations from the co-hosted TAB EPA Brownfields Grant Proposal Writing Strategies Workshop held in Indianapolis on August 4, 2011 is now available here Presentations from the co-hosted TAB Economic Redevelopment Resources for Blighted Properties workshops held in Peru on June 2 and Plainfield on June 3, 2011 available here Presentations from the Brownfields 2011 conference available here The IDEM Remediation Closure Guide Nonrule Policy Document is pending finalization New U.S. EPA Brownfield Guidance Documents available here Two New U.S. EPA Urban Agriculture Guidance Documents available here New U.S. EPA Report on Petroleum Brownfields Meeting with us?
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.