NSCW 2010 Program Planning Committee
- Chelsea Albucher, City of Newark Sustainability Office
- Beth Barton, Day Pitney LLP
- Susan Boyle, GEI Consultants
- Denise Brinley, State of Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Remediation
- Barry Hersh, New York University
- Lee Ilan, New York City Mayor's Office of Environmental Remediation
- Colleen Kokas, State of New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
- Gary Rozmus, Gannett Fleming
- Zach Schreiber, New York City Mayor's Office of Environmental Remediation
- Michael B. Taylor, Program Chair, Vita Nuova LLC
- Lya Theodoratos, USEPA Region 2
Program Partners:
Program Partners:
- Brick City Development Corporation
- Capital Chapter, Society of Women Environmental Professionals, Inc.
- City of Newark
- City of New York, Mayor's Office of Environmental Remediation
- Connecticut Society For Women Environmental Professionals, Inc
- DuPont
- Gannett Fleming, Inc.
- GEI Consultants
- Greater Philadelphia Chapter, Society of Women Environmental Professionals, Inc.
- New Jersey Institute of Technology
- NYC Brownfield Partnership
- Regional Brownfields Coalition of the Northeast
- State of Connecticut DEP
- State of New Jersey DEP
- State of Pennsylvania DEP
- USEPA Region 2
- Vita Nuova LLC
Workshop Exhibitors:
By providing a unique coupling of public sector policy contributors with engineering expertise, Brownfield Redevelopment Solutions, Inc (BRS) provides a suite of highly specialized brownfield support services necessary for public sector entities to create and manage brownfield programs. BRS has an unparalleled success rate for obtaining funding and implementing brownfield grant programs for local governments. BRS has a well-deserved reputation for finding creative site-specific solutions for the multitude of community, regulatory and funding issues that often plague municipal and community brownfield revitalization programs. No other consulting firm focuses solely on public sector brownfield support and redevelopment needs like BRS.
USGBC-NJ is New Jersey's foremost coalition in the public and private sectors promoting the planning, design, construction, and operation/maintenance of buildings that are environmentally responsible, cost effective, productive, and healthy places to live, learn, and work. We promote the LEED Rating System. Contact coordinator@usgbcnj.org with any inquiries.
Vita Nuova is a national leader in the repositioning and redevelopment of complex sites and neighborhoods. We work nationally and internationally for public agencies, non-profit organizations, corporations and private clients to remove impediments and create value from sites and areas affected by historical and ongoing environmental challenges. Our focus is on complex sites which require significant coordination between stakeholders and typically involve expert-level planning and real estate analysis. For more, visit www.vitanuova.net
Woodard & Curran is a 550-person, integrated engineering, science and operations company. Privately held and steadily growing, we serve public and private clients locally and nationwide.
HDR's professionals offer a wide variety of planning services and expertise. In every discipline, our planners take a holistic approach to problem-solving, optimizing the company's breadth and depth of expertise to organize skills and talents from many different areas into integrated and multi-functional solutions. The efforts of our teams are grounded in the belief that the built environment and the natural environment are inextricably interrelated. While we do significant planning for greenfield development, we emphasize and specialize in urban redevelopment. We strive to produce plans and designs that help revitalize our traditional urban centers and older neighborhoods, incorporate a diverse mix of uses and pedestrian activity, expand accessibility, and ultimately achieve a higher level of urbanism.
EcolSciences, Inc., was founded in 1973 in response to the growing need for responsible environmental planning, as mandated by NEPA, The National Environmental Policy Act. EcolSciences specializes in performing environmental and ecological investigations relating to permit acquisition and regulatory compliance, demonstration of "due diligence", waste management, impact analysis, mitigation and remediation. EcolSciences' strength is a proficiency in current environmental and waste management laws, regulations, and policies, coupled with a practical problem-solving approach to analyzing the environmental consequences of projects.
Supporting Organizations:
Program Sponsors:
Sustainability Partner:
This project consists of one hundred fifty acres of three former municipal landfills. This Brownfields Project is located at the busiest intersection in the State of New Jersey and will consist of The Bass Pro Shoppes first foray into the State of New Jersey. Along with Bass Pro, a 4D Movie Theater, four hotels and restaurants will be constructed on site. The property was acquired in 2007, and it is anticipated that the project will be completed within the next year and a half.
Workshop Partner:
Robinson & Cole's Sustainability and Climate Change practice offers an integrated approach to achieve sustainable development, business, and remedial objectives. Our multidisciplinary team of environmental, renewable energy and utility, real estate, land use, corporate, tax, and insurance attorneys and professionals work together to provide innovative counsel to our clients.
Supporting Sponsor:
WSP Environment & Energy is a premier consulting and engineering firm, with over 65 offices around the world. In the US, WSP Environment & Energy has 16 offices, including an office in Somerset, New Jersey. WSP delivers creative business solutions to environmental, energy and sustainability issues. WSP Environment & Energy is part of WSP Group plc, headquartered in London.
Supporting Sponsor:
The EDA is a state financing and development agency that works to strengthen New Jersey's economy by retaining and growing businesses through financial assistance, by renewing communities, and by promoting the state's strategic advantages to attract domestic and international business. Since 1974, the EDA has provided over $20 billion in assistance to more than 10,000 projects. This assistance has leveraged investments of approximately $43 billion, and has resulted in the creation of more than 300,000 new, full-time jobs. To learn more, visit www.njeda.com.
Supporting Sponsor:
Greener by Design (GbD) brings a comprehensive understanding of the economic and policy underpinnings of a changing landscape and a fresh perspective on how technology, innovation and legislation will influence markets in years to come. GbD's range of services provides clients the ability to create healthier environments while increasing profitability.
Supporting Sponsor:
Geosyntec provides specialized environmental and engineering services to public and private sector clients to promote sustainable economic redevelopment through the conversion of environmentally impacted properties to beneficial end uses that meet stakeholder objectives. We do this by bringing together the most appropriate technologies, along with regulatory acumen and funding opportunities know-how, on behalf of our Clients and the unique challenges facing Brownfields sites.
Supporting Sponsor:
Day Pitney, a law firm with 9 offices strategically located throughout the Northeast and in D.C., prides itself on its responsive, strategic and creative client service. With a team-oriented, multi-disciplinary and value-added approach to providing legal services, Day Pitney's experience includes many, and all aspects of, successful sustainable development initiatives as counsel to owners, developers, lenders, and public entities.
Supporting Sponsor:
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney has more than 450 attorneys and government relations professionals practicing throughout the nation. Our environmental attorneys counsel clients on a wide variety of issues, including occupational safety and health matters, toxic tort litigation and natural resources. We also represent developers and land owners in real estate transactions involving complex Brownfield sites that required extensive remediation and possible environmental insurance for third party claims.
Supporting Sponsor:
Supporting Sponsor:
Whitman is New Jersey's premier environmental and engineering firm, comprised of the industry's leading professionals. The East Brunswick, N.J.-based company offers turnkey environmental, engineering, and mechanical, electrical and plumbing (MEP) services, as well as renewable energy design and feasibility services. Whitman continues to grow into new and diverse markets, providing expertise to clients in both the private and public sectors.
Supporting Sponsor:
The combined impact of a tax-preferred designation by the state and a locally initiated strategic development plan has created the Keystone Industrial Port Complex (KIPC), a unique site that is attracting revolutionary technology jobs to Pennsylvania from around the world. The KIPC provides some immediate advantages - extensive infrastructure, onsite resources and geographic location - making it clear that the site could be competitive in the pursuit of new companies for the manufacturing sector. The KIPC Leadership created Strategic Economic Environmental Design Solutions ("SEEDS"), a development initiative characterized by cooperative effort of government, business, labor, and community. The team, which is comprised of leaders in the public and private sectors, shares a goal to maximize assets while minimizing liabilities, ultimately providing a return on investment to both private and public stakeholders throughout the state. Is the strategy working? The location of several new internationally-based manufacturing corporations onsite provide evidence that it is. To date, more than 800 acres of the site have been restored back to productive use, and new tenants of the KIPC have brought new jobs - and new green industries - to Pennsylvania.
