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The Brownfields and Redevelopment Program in Gloucester County aims to empower local municipalities by providing strategies and tools for revitalizing challenging properties. Through strategic partnerships with organizations like the Gloucester County Improvement Authority and NJDEP, the program focuses on cleaning up contaminated lands and transforming underutilized sites into vibrant community assets. Key initiatives include technical assistance, training, and showcasing successful redevelopment examples. The program enables flexible zoning, financing options, and marketing strategies to attract redevelopers and foster sustainable growth.
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Brownfields and Redevelopment Program Revitalizing Gloucester County Communities
Mission Statement • To empower local Municipalities in Gloucester County to revitalize difficult properties by providing redevelopment strategies and tools for the purpose of building healthy and sustainable communities.
Redeveloping and Cleaning up contaminated and underutilized properties through: • Creating strategic partnerships with: • The Gloucester County Improvement Authority • NJ EDA • NJ Smart Growth- BRIT (Brownfield/Redevelopment Interagency Taskforce) • NJ DEP • Municipal Government • Real Estate Brokers • Financial Institutions • Redevelopers
Redeveloping underutilized properties through: • Providing a forum for communities across the County to overcome brownfield barriers and share lessons learned regarding tools, strategies, funding resources and public/private partnerships; • Providing technical assistance and training to local communities about Brownfields Redevelopment; • Show casing examples of local successful brownfields programs and projects.
Redeveloping underutilized properties through: 5. Representing local communities and projects to the Department of Environmental Protection. (BRIT) 6. Providing redevelopment professionals to aid every municipality in designating redevelopment areas. 7. Marketing projects at various Brownfields and Redevelopment conferences as well as the county website.
The Benefits of Redevelopment • It gives the municipality flexibility in… • Zoning- Local zoning code is suspended. • Financing- Can lend and raise money for a project. Possibility of tax-exempt bonds. • Contracting- Many bidding laws are suspended. • Tax Incentives- PILOT and Tax Abatements. • Eminent Domain Powers- Strictly Structured • Leveraging of State Funds- EDA, NJRA, Brownfields Reimbursement program. • Marketing- Selling the area to redevelopers.