KSU TAB - Technical Assistance to Brownfields

Meet the KSU TAB Team for EPA Region 8! Maggie Belanger is the TAB Regional Director for Region 8 and brings her passion for collaboration and team building into everything she does. Her background includes expertise in environmental assessment, cleanup, regulatory compliance and property revitalization. Kate Lucas is the TAB Assistant Regional Director for Region 8 and is an AICP planner who specializes in community engagement, site design, and economic development and is passionate about providing service to communities. Connect with them or other members of our Regional teams by visiting https://lnkd.in/gmzWZuCf

The Platform for Exploring Environmental Records (PEER) is an interactive, open-source data tool that informs brownfields redevelopment and planning decisions that was developed by KSU TAB Partner, Community Lattice, in partnership with KSU TAB, with funding from data.org's Inclusive Growth and Recovery Challenge. The tool aggregates and displays publicly-available environmental records in an easy-to-use, accessible way. By using PEER, communities can immediately find critical site data to help them identify and prioritize brownfields in their community for assessment, and draw in the right professionals, partners, and resources to move forward. For each environmental record, PEER provides a Revitalization Risk Rating (RRR), which indicates the likelihood of encountering a release of a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant on or adjacent to the associated property. This tool is a wonderful resource for understanding environmental records in your community and can be helpful for locating environmental data that may be incorporated into Brownfields or other grant proposals. Check out the PEER Tool here: https://lnkd.in/guRKw_53

Meet the KSU TAB Team for EPA Region 7! Maggie Belanger is the TAB Regional Director for Region 7 and brings her passion for collaboration and team building into everything she does. Her background includes expertise in environmental assessment, cleanup, regulatory compliance and property revitalization. Jacob Rohter is one of the TAB Assistant Regional Directors for Region 7 and enjoys bringing a focus on mapping the crossroads of community building and sustainable real estate development to the communities he works with. Kristin Prososki is also one of the TAB Assistant Regional Directors for Region 7 and has years of dedicated experience working at the state and local level on community and economic development projects, facilitating numerous redevelopment and affordable housing initiatives. Connect with them or other members of our Regional teams by visiting https://lnkd.in/gmzWZuCf.

Register now for these exciting Brownfield Grant Writing Opportunities coming up! Join us August 6 for the Brownfields Services and Grant Readiness Webinar. Learn what expertise and capacity is needed to both write and manage state and federal brownfield grants that provide funding for environmental assessment and cleanup. Registration and more information can be found at https://lnkd.in/gJyaSGq5 Join us August 7 and 8 for the Brownfields Grant Writing Strategies workshop. This two-day event will focus on information for those entities interested in applying or reapplying for U.S. EPA Brownfields Grants. Registration and more information can be found at https://lnkd.in/gFR6q2g7

As the PlaceKnowing podcast series wraps up, host Dr. Ted Jojola dives into the final case study: the First Americans Museum in Oklahoma. Guest Gena Timberman (Choctaw, Consultant First Americans Museum) joins him to discuss the necessary healing for brownfield sites like the one used for the impressive new cultural center, and how reclaiming the land was an integral part of moving forward with creating the remarkable museum. Listen in to learn more about FAM and Indigenous design methods, then catch up on the full series to revisit earlier case studies like Golovin, Alaska and Round Rock on Navajo Nation. Listen to episode 6 wherever you find your podcasts or by following this link: https://lnkd.in/gqwP86qm

Meet the KSU TAB Team for EPA Region 6! Scott Nightingale is the TAB Regional Director for Region 6 and has a diverse background with decades of experience in state brownfields and tanks programs; and RCRA solid and hazardous waste, CERCLA site assessment and remediation, and Clean Air Act compliance and enforcement. Leslie Etzel is the TAB Assistant Regional Director for Region 6 and brings her extensive experience in environmental assessment and remediation, preparing and reviewing environmental reports, grant writing and management, and brownfields redevelopment planning into every community she assists. Connect with them or other members of our Regional teams by visiting https://lnkd.in/gmzWZuCf.

The final episode of the limited podcast, PlaceKnowing, has arrived! As the series wraps up, Dr. Ted Jojola looks at the creation of the First Americans Museum in Oklahoma and how the team behind the new Indigenous cultural center incorporated the traditions and tools of 39 tribal nations into its design. This site was reclaimed from pervasive contamination caused in part by the world's very first oil field. Dr. Jojola sits down with guests Joseph Erb (Cherokee Artist, Animator, Scholar, and Tribal TAB friend), Gena Timberman (Choctaw, Consultant First Americans Museum), and Bill Fain (of Johnson Fain architecture studio, a non-tribal person who worked on the museum) to discuss how that connection between land, buildings, and community continue traditions that are tens of thousands of years old. Listen to learn more about the project and find new (and old) ways you can make a difference in your own community! Listen to episode 6 wherever you find your podcasts or by following this link: https://lnkd.in/gqwP86qm

The June edition of the KSU TAB Brownfields Buzz newsletter is out now! This month we're spotlighting the recent Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, and Cleanup (MAC) Grant awards, as well as next steps for both new grantees and those proposals that were not awarded this round. We've also included information about the Platform for Exploring Environmental Records (PEER) tool, upcoming events, and an exciting opportunity for land revitalization efforts in Indigenous communities. For details and more, check it out here: https://conta.cc/3xmVtSc

Meet the KSU TAB Team for EPA Region 5! Roxanne Anderson is the TAB Regional Director for Region 5 and is a dedicated advocate for the power of community to drive positive change and foster meaningful connections. She believes in addressing challenges holistically, breaking down perceived barriers, and finding innovative solutions. Beth Grigsby is one of the TAB Assistant Regional Directors for Region 5 and enjoys finding solutions for brownfields stakeholders as well as assisting communities in seeing the “big picture” of how brownfields redevelopment fits into their individual economic and community development visions. Kristin Prososki is also one of the TAB Assistant Regional Directors for Region 5 and has years of dedicated experience working at the state and local level on community and economic development projects, facilitating numerous redevelopment and affordable housing initiatives. Connect with them or other members of our Regional teams by visiting https://lnkd.in/gmzWZuCf.

UNM School of Architecture’s Anthony Fettes and PlaceKnowing host Dr. Ted Jojola discuss how our relationship with land has fundamentally changed–even flipped–over the years and how that affects our everyday lives and communities. The revitalization of Golovin after severe flooding is a perfect example of how using Indigenous methods have helped iDPi, Tribal TAB, and local changemakers to restore that essential symbiotic connection. Learn more about what’s been going on in Alaska and how lessons learned there can help you make a difference. Listen to episode 5 wherever you find your podcasts or by following this link: https://lnkd.in/gqhixhNS