Events

        Business of Brownfields Conference

        Sponsored by the Engineers Society of Western Pennsylvania

        April 17 & 18, 2008

        Currently Accepting Abstracts!

        Highlights from the 2007 Conference:

        More than 300 registrants attended the "Business of Brownfields" 2007 Conference at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh, PA.

        This was the twelfth ESWP brownfields conference. Last year's event was co-sponsored by the Brownfields Center at Carnegie Mellon University. The BoB           Conference began on April 18 following the PA Chapter of the National Brownfields Association's afternoon river boat cruise aboard the Gateway Clipper. More than 60 attendees enjoyed the cruise. Following the cruise, the BoB opened with an evening reception attended by nearly 100 registrants in the Westin Convention Center Hotel with guest speakers Augie Carlino (Steel Industry Heritage Corporation), Barry Ford (Continental Real Estate) and Pat Ford (City of Pittsburgh Community & Economic Development).

    The Conference program kicked-off with PA DEP Secretary Kathleen McGinty as featured Keynote Speaker on Thursday April 19 at the David Lawrence Convention Center. Following the keynote session, registrants were able to select from four different concurrent sessions, featuring topics such as All Appropriate Inquiry, Brownfields Financing Programs and Groundwater Remediation Technologies. (The full technical program is available on-line at ESWP's Brownfields Conference web page.)

 

Past Events 

Reclaming Vacant Properties Conference

Pittsburgh, PA

September 24 & 25, 2007

Reclaiming Vacant Properties: Strategies for Rebuilding America’s Neighborhoods, sponsored by the National Vacant Properties Campaign, will be the first national conference focusing on helping realize the potential of vacant properties as community assets – highlighting strategies to ensure they benefit the residents, communities, and cities around them.

This two-day conference will bring together practitioners, policymakers, and concerned citizens from throughout the country to share model practices and problem solve. Don’t miss this opportunity to design new strategies to prevent and revitalize vacant properties, which will consequently improve public safety and health, and spur economic growth.  There will be over 30 different seminars to choose from, including mobile workshops that highlight many of Pittsburgh's most dynamic neighborhoods and initiatives.

Open to anybody committed to sharing and learning from experiences that make America’s neighborhoods stronger and healthier, including: community development professionals, public officials, civic leaders, local and state governmental staff, citizen activists, crime and safety professionals, the financial community, real estate professionals, academics, developers, planners, and others.

Reclaming Vacant Properties