environmental Strategist between the lines: There are millions of Brownfield sites in this country. They use the term Brownfields versus Greenfield’s which are undeveloped land.
I see Brownfields much like an annuity for insurance agents. Why? Because once you assist with the pollution insurance for the Brownfield, whatever they turn the Brownfield site into (i.e. manufacturing, retail shopping, residential living….) they need to get standard P&C insurance such as property, general liability, workers comp….
Prospecting for Brownfields is as simple as surfing the web. Most villages, cities, counties, parishes have Brownfield redevelopment boards. The Brownfield boards publish their meeting information on their website because it’s public information.
As an example on how easy prospecting for new business can be for Brownfields I offer the email below sent to me by my county for the Leelanau County Brownfield Redevelopment Board. You will see in the minutes from the meetings you can find Brownfield developer contact information as well as very extensive information on Brownfield projects, type of clean up taking place, cost to clean up and redevelop the land…..
Keep in mind, in the county where I live, we have one traffic light in the entire county and yet I can prospect for new business right from my desk.
Email from Leelanau County Brownfield Redevelopment Board: The next Leelanau County Brownfield Redevelopment Authority meeting is a Special meeting scheduled for Monday, November 8 at 2 pm at the Government Center.
The Agenda is posted online at: www.leelanau.cc/BRAintro.asp
The next Regular meeting of the Authority is scheduled for Tuesday, November 16 at 9:30 am at the Government Center.
Thank you.
Trudy Galla, AICP
Planning Director,& Director of the Brownfield Redevelopment Authority
231-256-9812, tgalla@co.leelanau.mi.us