The City of South Bend, Mishawaka, and St. Joseph County to successfully apply for US EPA Brownfield grant funding for a $600,000 FY2014 US EPA award. This website acts as the Public Engagement Portal to help connect the public with the South Bend Brownfield Coalition's efforts. From late 2014 through 2017 we will efficiently identify, prioritize, plan and assess brownfield conditions throughout St. Joseph County, IN.
State (Indiana) Definition of Brownfield - Indiana Statutes: 13-11-2-19.3 as noted in this IDEM Program Guide
Federal Definition of Brownfield - The US EPA provides this Brownfield Overview & Definition
Further details of the US EPA Grant Announcement for the South Bend Brownfield Coalition's US EPA Brownfield Assessment Coalition Grant Award.
US EPA Brownfield Assessment Grants and Coalition Assessment Grants are explained at this EPA LINK.
In Fall, 2016 Lakeville became one of 7 communities in the USA to gain EPA's Cool & Connected technical assistance. During a 2 day workshop (May 24 - May 25, 2017) technical advisors and EPA staff visited Lakeville to review the ongoing efforts at redevelopment...
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Community stakeholders joined the South Bend Brownfield Coalition and its Technical Project Team at the Civil Rights Heritage Center at 1040 W. Washington Street South Bend, IN – 5:30PM on Thursday, 7/14/2016. The Coalition enjoyed discussing the outcomes of the EPA grant funded brownfield inventory...
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[vc_row][vc_column width="1/1"][vc_column_text] After the brownfield bicycle tour, Chris Harrell continued along the St. Joseph River to review community connectivity, and revisit some sites along the way. What he found was a few moments of breezy serenity along the riverbanks.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][caption id="attachment_50518" align="alignnone" width="225"] St. Joseph River...
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On August 11, 2015 the Bicycle Coordinator, and Brownfield Coalition lead partner representative Chris Dressel took members of the Technical Project Team on a 9.5 mile tour of brownfields and corresponding community condition surrounding them in South Bend. This provided a way to take...
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April 2, 2015 at St. Joseph County Public Library in downtown South Bend - Community Engagement Meeting #1 as the Technical Project Team of Chris Dressel (South Bend), Ryan Eckdale Dudley (Symbiont), Chris Harrell (Lazarus Group LLC), and Nivas Vijay (Heartland Environmental) provide a project...
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