Building Visions of Almost Heaven: An Innovative Program Helps Redevelop Brownfield Sites in West Virginia

摘要

In 2008, the Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation funded the Northern West Virginia (WV) Brownfields Assistance Center (i.e., the Center) to create a mini-grant program that encourages brownfield redevelopment in West Virginia. The Center's Foundation for Overcoming Challenges and Utilizing Strengths (FOCUS) WV Brown-fields program enables communities to cultivate and implement a redevelopment vision for brownfield properties of strategic community interest. This article describes" the FOCUS WV Brownfields program and provides examples of three projects that demonstrate creative and collaborative means toward brownfield redevelopment in West Virginia.