Maryland’s 3rd Statewide Brownfield Conference
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Landing a Brownfield
Held November 15, 2023, at Montgomery Park, Baltimore
The Maryland Department of Planning and Maryland Department of the Environment held the third statewide Brownfields Conference for local governments, consultants, attorneys, developers, and non-governmental/community organizations to learn and share information about brownfields.
View the Conference Program.
This was a special opportunity to explore strategies together for
Landing a Brownfield, such as ways to take ownership of brownfields and a land bank discussion. The entire conference was held in a former brownfield site and an adaptive reuse success story - the Montgomery Park Business Center.
Conference Sessions
Morning Plenary Session - Welcome Remarks
- Suzanne Dorsey, Deputy Secretary of the Environment, Maryland Department of the Environment
- Kristin R. Fleckenstein, Deputy Secretary of Planning, Maryland Department of Planning
- Adam Ortiz, EPA Region 3 Administrator
Keynote Address — Montgomery Park History
- Sam Himmelrich, Jr., Himmelrich Associates, Inc.
Session 1—Land Banks for Brownfields 101 and Discussion
- Tarik Abdelazim, Director of National Technical Assistance, Center for Community Progress
- Cailyn L. Bruno, Director, Environmental Services, Center for Community Systems, New Jersey Institute of Technology
Briefing—MDE Updates
- Barbara Krupiarz, Program Manager, Land Restoration, Land and Materials Administration, MDE
- Barbara H. Brown, Voluntary Cleanup Program Section Head, Land and Materials Administration, MDE
Session 2—Land Acquisition Tools from State and Federal Government Mentors
Part I: Maryland Department of Natural Resources Environmental Due Diligence Process for Land Acquisition
- Judd Vickers, Acting Director, Land Acquisition and Planning, DNR
Part 2: Leveraging HUD Section 108 for Land Acquisition
- Jorge Morales, Lead Loan Financing Specialist, HUD Section 108
- Sean Dennihy-Bailey, Community Planning & Development Specialist, HUD Section 108
- Erik Pechuekonis, Community Planning & Development Specialist, HUD Section 108
Video compilation of Maryland brownfield case studies by Richard Garner, MDE
- Q&A with Barbara H. Brown, Voluntary Cleanup Program Section Head, Land and Materials Administration, MDE
Session 3—Partnerships for Land Transfers
- Carrie Staton, Director, West Virginia University (WVU) Technical Assistance to Brownfield Communities (TAB)
- Patrick Kirby, Chief Operating Officer, Raze International Inc.
Closing Remarks
- Tyler Abbott, Director, Land and Materials Administration, MDE
