In FY 2009, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) provided more than $500,000 in technical assistance for 16 Brownfields Sustainability Pilots that support activities such as the reuse and recycling of construction and demolition materials, green building and infrastructure design, energy efficiency, water conservation, renewable energy, and low-impact development (LID). Through the pilots, EPA directly assists communitities to incorporate sustainable redevelopment into the planning, design, and implementation of their brownfields projects. Three pilots that incorporate LID strategies to manage urban stormwater are discussed, including a mixed-use riverfront redevelopment in Allentown, PA; an affordable workforce housing redevelopment in Greenville, SC; and a LID parking lot for the planned Haynes Recreation Center in Laredo, TX.
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