[Durham INC] Durham Hosts Brownfields Workshop June 30

[Blalock, Amy]

CITY OF DURHAM

Office of Public Affairs

101 City Hall Plaza

Durham, NC 27701

 

 

News Release

 

For Details, Contact:

Amy Blalock

Sr. Public Affairs Specialist

(919) 560-4123 x 11253

(919) 475-7735 (cell)

Amy.Blalock at durhamnc.gov <mailto:Amy.Blalock at durhamnc.gov> 

 

For Immediate Release:  June 24, 2009

 

 "Vision to Action" Workshop for Northeast Central Durham's Brownfields'
Assessment Grant 

Community Input Needed to Help Reclaim and Reuse Abandoned Properties in
the Northeast Central Durham/Pettigrew Street Corridor

 

What:              "Vision to Action" Workshop for the Northeast Central
Durham Brownfields' Assessment Grant

 

Who:               U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), U.S. Army
Corp of Engineers, and the City of Durham's Office of Economic and
Workforce Development (OEWD)

 

When:             Tuesday, June 30, 2009, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

 

Where:            City of Durham's Department of Neighborhood
Improvement Services

                        Golden Belt Complex

                        807 East Main Street, 3rd Floor Conference Room

                        Durham, N.C. 27701

 

Fast Facts

*         The City of Durham is seeking community input and
participation for the next phase of the Northeast Central Durham
Brownfields' Assessment Grant.

 

*         The City is partnering with the U.S. EPA and the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers to conduct a "Vision to Action" Workshop, which is an
interactive tool developed by the US. Army Corps of Engineers to gain
community input and participation in reclaiming abandoned properties.  

	*	Participants will be asked to draw and then share their
ideas to weave all of the submitted ideas into a shared community
vision.  No art skills are needed to participate in this workshop.

 

*         In accordance with the City's Office of Economic and Workforce
Development Neighborhood Assessment Plan approved by City Council in
2006, the City is actively working to redevelop several key areas.
Brownfields' activities completed thus far have identified several
properties in Northeast Central Durham through community participation,
site inventory, and environmental assessment activities where known or
perceived environmental contamination is complicating proposed
redevelopment activities.  

 

*         For additional information about the City's Brownfields'
Initiative for Northeast Central Durham, visit 
www.durhamnc.gov/departments/eed/sop.cfm, or contact Grace Dzidzienyo,
project manager with the City's OEWD, at (919) 560-4965 or via e-mail at
grace.dzidzienyo at durhamnc.gov.  

 

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