Brownfields and Site Redevelopment

From overlooked spaces to thriving places

Transforming brownfields through local environmental partnerships and integrated services that restore land, revitalize communities, and power sustainable redevelopment.

Vision, partnership, collaboration, and dedicated, local expertise are essential to convert idle, abandoned or underutilized properties into brownfields redevelopment successes. Brownfield sites can be found in communities of all sizes – from major metropolitan cities to small towns and rural areas. Our team of more than 135 brownfield-experienced professionals across the country partner with our clients along with regulatory agencies to solve challenges and transform properties into revitalized elements of communities.

We have been part of more Phoenix Award-winning project teams than any other consultant. When you work with us, you’re teaming with an experienced partner who can help guide you through the entire grant process, from feasibility studies through redevelopment, while providing innovative, cost-effective solutions to potential challenges. Local knowledge can be essential to successful grants. Our local professionals know the most efficient means of solving challenges.

A Trusted Grant Writing Partner

Terracon’s local project managers have assisted clients in completing their grant applications since the inception of the program in 1995. We work closely with clients to produce a collaborative application, clearly communicating the community’s needs for federal funding to support local redevelopment. Our grant writing services have resulted in successful funding for hundreds of projects, supporting community revitalization and environmental improvement.

What Success Looks Like

A successful brownfield grant can breathe new life into long-forgotten areas of communities. With more than 350 successful U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Cooperative Agreements – exceeding $115 million in brownfield grant funds – our clients know they’re working with a trusted partner throughout the project implementation and revitalization process. Our staff have also assisted clients in obtaining more than $90 million in Brownfield grant funds to support community revitalization.

Communities across the country have seen the benefits of brownfield grant funding on a variety of different projects, including these highlights:

SeaPoint Industrial Terminal Complex – This 755-acre parcel of land on this essential port in Savannah, Georgia, required 84 distinct work elements that needed to be remediated, making it the largest brownfield cleanup in state history. As the primary environmental consultant on the project, we partnered with our client to provide and implement a six-year Corrective Action Plan (CAP) that helped our clients finish the project two years ahead of schedule and millions under budget. The project earned the EPA Region 4 Regional Phoenix Award.

Rock Falls Riverfront – The land along the riverfront in rural Rock Falls, Illinois, sat unused for decades after the departure of numerous manufacturers. We partnered with the City of Rock Falls to pursue brownfield grant funding to remediate and redevelop multiple abandoned properties. Terracon helped secure $2.2 million in federal and state grant funds. Today, those properties are home to a public park, hotel, local restaurants, and other small businesses.

Do you have overlooked spaces or underutilized properties in your community?