National Brownfields Coalition
Everyone deserves to live in a place that is healthy, prosperous, and resilient. Cleaning up underutilized, blighted, or environmentally impacted land—known as brownfields—is an important part of returning that land to the community. Yet the funding and capacity for cleaning them up pales in comparison to the need.
The National Brownfields Coalition is a unique, non-partisan alliance that advocates for policy change and funding to responsibly clean up and reuse underutilized or environmentally-impacted land. We educate, advocate, and convene stakeholders nationally to advance brownfields redevelopment and thriving communities. The Coalition is jointly managed by Smart Growth America and the Center for Creative Land Recycling. We advocate for protecting public and environmental health sustainably and equitably, by removing or containing contaminants in the estimated 400,000 to 600,000 brownfields sites. By working across sectors and fields, practitioners and advocates are able to better confront environmental contaminants and return these lands to productive use.
The National Brownfields Coalition celebrates the reintroduction of the Brownfields Redevelopment Tax Incentive Reauthorization Act.
Representatives Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11) and Michael Turner (OH-10) introduced bipartisan bill H.R. 6438, the Brownfields Redevelopment Tax Incentive Reauthorization Act of 2023. This Act will allow developers to deduct the cleanup costs of all contaminated property in the year the costs were incurred, reducing brownfields remediation costs and incentivizing not only cleanups, but new development, bringing jobs, housing, community facilities, retail, and office space that can revitalize communities.
Restoring this vital tax credit to revitalize our communities is long overdue.
SHOW YOUR SUPPORT FOR H.R. 6438
Over 30 organizations show their support for the Brownfields Redevelopment Tax Incentive Reauthorization Act
The National Brownfields Coalition, with support from over 30 national organizations, released a letter in support of the reintroduction of the Brownfields Redevelopment Tax Incentive Reauthorization Act. This bill, introduced by Rep. Mikie Sherrill (NJ) and Rep. Michael Turner (OH), will allow taxpayers to fully deduct the cleanup costs of contaminated property in the year … Continued
Hot topics with the National Brownfields Coalition
In August 2023, over 2,700 Brownfields practitioners met in downtown Detroit to share the latest trends and best practices for revitalizing and redeveloping contaminated brownfield sites across the country. The National Brownfields Coalition (NBC), a nonpartisan advocacy coalition convened by Smart Growth America and the Center for Creative Land Recycling (CCLR), actively participated at the … Continued