brownfield
noun
brown·field
ˈbrau̇n-ˌfēld 
often attributive
: a tract of land that has been developed for industrial purposes, polluted, and then abandoned
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There simply aren’t enough brownfields to reach the full needs of the energy transition.
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Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 4 Feb. 2024
The Metropolitan Council, the seven-country metro’s regional planning agency, recently approved a series of grants for affordable housing, as well as grants toward pollution clean-up at brownfields that will host future housing and commercial real estate development.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 12 Jan. 2024
Detroit City Council voted 8-1 in March in favor of the brownfields.
—Jc Reindl, Detroit Free Press, 9 Aug. 2023
Gould agrees that other areas should be considered for solar projects before farmland, like brownfields, rights-of-way and warehouse roofs.
—Izzy Ross, Detroit Free Press, 11 Sep. 2023
Maryland also needs to take advantage of more opportunities to deploy solar panels, by leveraging unused land at sites like airports, hospitals and closed landfills and brownfields, the report stated.
—Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 30 June 2023
Cuyahoga County’s Department of Development is holding a public meeting today to discuss remediation work at a current brownfield being redeveloped into mixed-use housing, reports Kaitlin Durbin.
—Cliff Pinckard, cleveland, 31 Aug. 2022
One such project, Urban Orchard, converted a brownfield in South Gate into an 8-acre park that helps capture and treat stormwater runoff along the L.A. River.
—Hayley Smithstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2023
Nearly all public comments Monday were negative and opposed to the brownfield incentives.
—Jc Reindl, Detroit Free Press, 7 Feb. 2023
Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 4 Feb. 2024
The Metropolitan Council, the seven-country metro’s regional planning agency, recently approved a series of grants for affordable housing, as well as grants toward pollution clean-up at brownfields that will host future housing and commercial real estate development.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 12 Jan. 2024
Detroit City Council voted 8-1 in March in favor of the brownfields.
—Jc Reindl, Detroit Free Press, 9 Aug. 2023
Gould agrees that other areas should be considered for solar projects before farmland, like brownfields, rights-of-way and warehouse roofs.
—Izzy Ross, Detroit Free Press, 11 Sep. 2023
Maryland also needs to take advantage of more opportunities to deploy solar panels, by leveraging unused land at sites like airports, hospitals and closed landfills and brownfields, the report stated.
—Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 30 June 2023
Cuyahoga County’s Department of Development is holding a public meeting today to discuss remediation work at a current brownfield being redeveloped into mixed-use housing, reports Kaitlin Durbin.
—Cliff Pinckard, cleveland, 31 Aug. 2022
One such project, Urban Orchard, converted a brownfield in South Gate into an 8-acre park that helps capture and treat stormwater runoff along the L.A. River.
—Hayley Smithstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2023
Nearly all public comments Monday were negative and opposed to the brownfield incentives.
—Jc Reindl, Detroit Free Press, 7 Feb. 2023
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brownfield
noun
brown·field
ˈbrau̇n-ˌfēld
: a tract of land that has been developed for industrial purposes, polluted, and then abandoned
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