Brownfield Coalition of the Northeast - Industry News and Updates

Saranac Lofts construction resumes

25 Jun 2025 8:43 AM | Michael Lazo (Administrator)

ARANAC LAKE — After weeks of stalled progress, work on the Saranac Lofts apartment complex is again in full swing, according to Mike Drew, the new project superintendent for developers Kearney Group.

Drew attended Monday’s village board meeting at the request of village Code Enforcement Officer Zacharia Peltier to update the board and the community on the much-anticipated housing project.

New York designates brownfield opportunity zone in Rensselaer

24 Jun 2025 8:41 AM | Michael Lazo (Administrator)

RENSSELAER — Officials in this city on the east bank of the Hudson River have a new tool to potentially weed out blight.

West Hartford receives two remediation grants from the state

18 Jun 2025 8:45 AM | Michael Lazo (Administrator)

WEST HARTFORD — The town is among about two dozen municipalities in the state to receive grants in the latest round of funding from the state Department of Economic and Community Development’s Brownfield Remediation and Development Program.

DiNapoli: Timely Remediation Essential for Success of State's Brownfield Cleanup Program

18 Jun 2025 8:44 AM | Michael Lazo (Administrator)

Some former industrial and commercial contaminated sites that could pose risks to the public’s health and safety have languished in the state’s Brownfield Cleanup Program (BCP), according to an audit released today by New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. The audit examined the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s (DEC) management of the program and found it must be strengthened to ensure private parties follow through on the timely remediation of their contaminated sites.

West Hartford Receives Nearly $900,000 In Latest Round Of State Remediation And Development Grants

16 Jun 2025 1:50 PM | Michael Lazo (Administrator)

The construction of a Transit-Oriented Development project on New Park Avenue and assessment of expansion space for Park Road businesses have both received significant support from the state following the announcement by Gov. Ned Lamont on June 12 that West Hartford was awarded two grants through the Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development’s (DECD) Brownfield Remediation and Development Program.

Historic Carlisle manufacturing site to undergo $10M redevelopment

11 Jun 2025 9:11 AM | Michael Lazo (Administrator)

Real Estate Collaborative, LLC, has acquired Carlisle’s historic Frog Switch & Manufacturing site with $10.2M in state funds to transform the industrial property into an engine of local redevelopment.

Ownership of the 27-acre former Frog, Switch, & Manufacturing (Frog Switch) industrial complex was transferred recently to Real Estate Collaborative (REC). The transaction comes just weeks after REC received a $10.2 million award to transform the site, the second largest award in the commonwealth.

After several decades and a scandal, CT town sees hope for contaminated ex-mill site

09 Jun 2025 9:47 AM | Michael Lazo (Administrator)

Armed with $8 million in aid from Gov. Ned Lamont’s administration, town leaders are looking to the day when earthmovers and dump trucks will begin clearing the wreckage of a burned, abandoned mill that’s been stood as a derelict eyesore for two generations.

EPA Brownfield Grant Will Aid Delaware County Property Redevelopment

05 Jun 2025 9:49 AM | Michael Lazo (Administrator)

The Redevelopment Authority of the County of Delaware has been awarded $500,000 in funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) 2025 Brownfields Community-wide Assessment Grant program.

East Hartford temporarily limits number of gas stations in town

04 Jun 2025 9:52 AM | Michael Lazo (Administrator)

There's no shortage of gas stations in East Hartford, so the town is temporarily capping the number at 18.

That's so they can look at the environmental impacts they have on the area and development.

“If you turn any corner there's a gas station,” said Gregory Williams, of East Hartford.

Phillipsburg looks to assess and address concerns about former landfill beneath Delaware River Park

04 Jun 2025 9:51 AM | Michael Lazo (Administrator)

Phillipsburg officials are considering hiring a firm for an environmental study of a former roadside dump, now a riverside park, to address growing health and safety concerns.