Brownfields and Redevelopment Program

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Brownfields and Redevelopment Program

• Revitalizing Gloucester County Communities

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Mission Statement

• To empower local Municipalities in Gloucester
  County to revitalize difficult properties by
  providing redevelopment strategies and tools for
  the purpose of building healthy and sustainable
  communities.

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Redeveloping and Cleaning up contaminated and
underutilized properties through

• Creating strategic partnerships with
• The Gloucester County Improvement Authority
• NJ EDA
• NJ Smart Growth- BRIT (Brownfield/Redevelopment
  Interagency Taskforce)
• NJ DEP
• Municipal Government
• Real Estate Brokers
• Financial Institutions
• Redevelopers

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Redeveloping underutilized properties through

• Providing a forum for communities across the
  County to overcome brownfield barriers and share
  lessons learned regarding tools, strategies,
  funding resources and public/private
  partnerships
• Providing technical assistance and training to
  local communities about Brownfields
  Redevelopment
• Show casing examples of local successful
  brownfields programs and projects.

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Redeveloping underutilized properties through

• 5. Representing local communities and projects to
  the Department of Environmental Protection.
  (BRIT)
• 6. Providing redevelopment professionals to aid
  every municipality in designating redevelopment
  areas.
• 7. Marketing projects at various Brownfields and
  Redevelopment conferences as well as the county
  website.

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The Benefits of Redevelopment

• It gives the municipality flexibility in
• Zoning- Local zoning code is suspended.
• Financing- Can lend and raise money for a
  project. Possibility of tax-exempt bonds.
• Contracting- Many bidding laws are suspended.
• Tax Incentives- PILOT and Tax Abatements.
• Eminent Domain Powers- Strictly Structured
• Leveraging of State Funds- EDA, NJRA, Brownfields
  Reimbursement program.
• Marketing- Selling the area to redevelopers.

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