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10/29/10 1 Brownfield Sites in Your Community Ginnie Holden Ministry of Agriculture and Lands BROWNFIELDS DEFINITIONS GENERALLY INCLUDE... • abandoned, idle or underutilized... • known or suspected environmental contamination... • ‘active potential’ for redevelopment
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Brownfield Sites in Your Community
Ginnie Holden
Ministry of Agriculture and Lands
BROWNFIELDS DEFINITIONS GENERALLY INCLUDE...
• abandoned, idle or underutilized...
• known or suspected environmental contamination...
• ‘active potential’ for redevelopment
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SCOPE OF THE ISSUE
• NRTEE estimates 30,000 in Canada • Some say more likely 50-100,000
• Estimated 4,000 – 6,000 brownfields in BC
• 1,550 gas stations in BC (2004 – Eco Canada)
• Not all brownfields are created equal!
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REDEVELOPMENT DRIVERS AND BARRIERS
Local Real Estate Market Conditions
Redevelopment (an important component of
revitalization and making our urban and rural communities more
sustainable)
Legal / Liability / Insurance
Land Use Planning
Regulatory
Financial
Communication
Technical / Scientific Cap
acity
and
Inte
rpla
y Partnerships
Interim Use - Community Garden
Vancouver (Davie and Burrard)
Former Service Station
http://www.cityfarmer.info/2008/10/31/davie-village-community-garden-vancouver/
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Redevelopment- Highway Exchange
100 Mile House
Former Service Station
Redevelopment – Sustainable Residential
Victoria, BC
Former industrial
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BC BROWNFIELD RENEWAL STRATEGY
Public Policy : Liability and Risk
Funding Program
Capacity Building
Map from: http://www.educationcanada.com/
FUNDING PROGRAM LOCATIONS & STATS
(2010)
69 applications received 29 selected for funding
Past Uses -3 Institutional
-3 Landfill -4 Service Station -7 Sawmill -10 Industrial
Locations -15 Rural -14 Urban
Ownership -2 First Nations -10 Local Government -17 Private
Map from: http://www.educationcanada.com/
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• Partnerships are the foundation to successful BFR
• A LOCAL Brownfield Strategy guides action
• Six roles that a local government can play: 1) Tools and Resources 2) Planning and Financial Support 3) Leadership on Municipally Owned Brownfields 4) Technical, Process and Liability Planning 5) Marketing and Promotion 6) Monitoring
HOW CAN LOCAL GOVERNMENTS PROMOTE BROWNFIELD REDEVELOPMENT?
CONTACT INFORMATION
Scott Bailey: 250/356.2244
Tami Fur: 250/387.3707
www.brownfieldrenewal.gov.bc.ca
