Northern West Virginia Brownfields Assistance Center
Press
- It's Really About Re-Energizing Communities, Times West Virginian article (9/26/2009) [.pdf 38kb]
- West Virginia Brownfields Conference in The Morgantown Dominion Post (9/2/2009) [.pdf 191kb]
- West Virginia Brownfields Conference in The State Journal (9/3/2009) [.pdf 41kb]
- Local Leaders Visualize Future Of Weirton - WTOV Channel 9
- Grant aids work at Brownfield - The Dominion Post
- WRI, NRCCE's Brownfields program helps WV communities win $1 million in Recovery Act funding [.doc 31kb]
- Two counties receive $400,000 in brownfields assistance grants. [.doc 25kb]
Grant Opportunities
- Brownfields Job Training Grants
Background 
In 2005, the WV State Legislature recognized the lost economic and social value in abandoned contaminated lands or "brownfields." The Legislature created the Northern and Southern Brownfields Assistance Centers to work with WVDEP to support community efforts to turn these brownfields into productive land again.
The Northern West Virginia Brownfields Assistance Center, housed at West Virginia University’s Water Research Institute, empowers communities to plan and implement brownfields redevelopment projects in the state’s northern 33 counties by conducting general citizen and local government education efforts and by providing assistance to specific local communities interested the reuse of brownfields in their communities. Support can be provided to help groups solicit grants and low-interest loans for site assessments, clean-ups, and environmental job training as well as provide support for preliminary legal and planning work. The Center prioritizes requests from communities that are already working on community-wide development planning and may be interested in integrating brownfields redevelopment into those plans.
A brownfield is a property, the expansion, redevelopment, or reuse of which may be complicated by the actual or perceived presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant. www.epa.gov/brownfields
Cleaning up and reinvesting in these properties increases local tax bases, facilitates job growth, utilizes existing infrastructure, takes development pressures off of undeveloped, open land, improves adjacent property values, and both improves and protects the environment.
Contacts
Management and Staff
Tamara F.
Vandivort, Program Administrator
(304) 293-2867 x 5448
Tamara.Vandivort@mail.wvu.edu
Patrick Kirby, Director
Northern West Virginia Brownfields Assistance Center
(304) 293-2867 x 5459
Patrick.Kirby@mail.wvu.edu
Sera Janson Zegre, Project Manager
FOCUS WV Brownfields Program
Northern West Virginia Brownfields Assistance Center
(304) 293-2867 x 5447
Sera.Zegre@mail.wvu.edu
Deborah Morris, Accountant
(304) 293-2867 x 5444
Debbie.Morris@mail.wvu.edu
Terry Polce, Administrative Assistant
(304) 293-2867 x 5450
Terry.Polce@mail.wvu.edu
Mailing Address
Northern WV Brownfields Assistance Center
Water Research Institute, NRCCE
150 Evansdale Drive, Room 202
PO Box 6064
Morgantown, WV 26506
Phone (304) 293-2867 x5459
Fax (304) 293-7822
Project Listing
FOCUS WV Brownfields
FOCUS West Virginia Brownfields Mini Grants provide funding of up to $5,000 plus site redevelopment support to spur the completion of community-based brownfields projects in northern West Virginia.
FOCUS WV Brownfields mini-grant flyer [.pdf 181kb]
FOCUS WV Brownfields Mini-Grant Program Guide and Application Instructions [.pdf 65kb]
APPLICATION FOR FOCUS WV Brownfields Mini-Grant Program [.pdf 44kb]
Project Title: Assess the Feasibility for Economic Development on Surface Mined Properties and Assist in Developing Land Use Master Plans for West Virginia Counties: Phase I
Recipient: West Virginia University
Co-Investigators: Paul Ziemkiewicz Ph.D., Tony Szwilski, Ph.D. Sponsoring Agency: WV Department of Energy
Amount: $50,000
Period of Project: July 1, 2009 - June 30, 2010
Project Title: Environmental Jobs for WV
Sponsoring Agency: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Amount: $161,000
Period of Project: March 2006 – March 2008
EPA Factsheet: www.epa.gov/brownfields/jt1205/west_va.pdf
Project Title: Sustainable Energy Parks on Mine-Scarred Lands in Appalachia [.pdf 44kb]
Recipient: West Virginia University
Principle Investigator: Paul Ziemkiewicz
Sponsoring Agency: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Amount: $600,000
Period of Project: October 1, 2008 - September 30, 2012
Publications
NBAC Annual Report 2008-2009 [.pdf 1.47mb]
2009 Spring Newsletter - WV Brownfields Post [.pdf 465kb]
2009 Winter Newsletter [.pdf 138kb]
2008 Fall Newsletter [.pdf 870kb]
2008 Spring Newsletter [.pdf 335kb]
2007 Summer Newsletter [.pdf 330kb]
NBAC Annual Report 2007-2008 [.pdf 1.23mb]
NBAC Annual Report 2006-2007 [.pdf 600kb]
NBAC Annual Report 2005-2006 [.pdf 7.43mb]
Visit www.wvbrownfields.org for more information on brownfields programming in WV.
Events
- 2009 West Virginia Brownfields Conference All the information about this event that took place September 1&2, 2009. All presentations have been uploaded and are available for review.
