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2017 National Brownfields Conference: Sustainable Communities Start Here

November 2, 2017 by Ginette Walker Vinski

Join ICMA and the US Environmental Protection Agency for the 2017 National Brownfields Conference December 5-7, 2017, with pre-conference programming on December 4th in Pittsburgh, PA. Brownfields 2017 will provide opportunities to examine environmental justice, engage the community, build strategic partnerships, look at technology and innovation, and overcome challenges.

John Paul Farmer, Founder & CEO of The Innovation Project and Director of Technology & Civic Innovation at Microsoft, will be the keynote speaker at this year’s event. City of Pittsburgh Mayor William (Bill) Peduto and Tom Murphy, Senior Resident Fellow at the Urban Land Institute, are slated to join the Mayor’s Roundtable. Dan French, Founder & CEO of BrownfieldListing.com, will speak as part of the Plenary session.

Join fellow planners, investors, developers, scholars, students and government leaders to discuss best practices, share challenges and successes, and stimulate new ideas with the goal of enhancing and expanding brownfields revitalization and economic redevelopment.

Learn more and register at brownfields2017.org.

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