Triad Regional Networking Luncheon, presented by C.T. Wilson Construction

January 28, 2020 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM (EST)

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Strategies to Incorporate Brownfields into Local Sites & Buildings Initiatives

Join us on January 28 for NCEDA’s inaugural Triad Networking Luncheon at Revolution Mill in Greensboro! This event will feature an expert panel discussion on best practices on potential pitfalls and incentives that can help economic development practitioners manage risk, costs and potential liability when incorporating distressed properties into their community’s sites and buildings initiatives. An optional tour of Revolution Mill will follow the luncheon.

Both urban and rural communities often have properties that require special attention and expertise to transition from an idol or even a nuisance status to assets capable of generating capital investment and new job creation. North Carolina’s brownfield program can be an impactful tool to help address environmentally sensitive properties especially as utility extensions become more costly, developable land becomes more scarce and more and more prospects desire unique and creative spaces. NCEDA invites you to attend our upcoming professional development luncheon in Greensboro, NC where an expert panel will discuss best practices, potential pitfalls and incentives that can help economic development practitioners manage risk, costs and potential liability when incorporating distressed properties into their community’s sites and buildings initiatives. Panelists include:

• Mary Katherine Stukes leads Parker Poe’s Environmental Group. She advises clients on environmental issues involved in all types of business transactions. A major part of her practice is leading developers, nonprofits, and governmental entities through the process of obtaining Brownfields agreements for redevelopment of contaminated properties. She provides guidance on eligibility, assessment, tax benefits, negotiating agreements, and effective structuring of associated real estate and financing transactions. Her recent projects include agreements for the redevelopment of a craft brewery, a free-standing emergency department, a large-scale youth soccer complex, and multifamily residential, hotel, office, and industrial park projects.
• Bruce Nicholson serves as the North Carolina Brownfields Program Manager. The Program was first created in 1997 and in its 22 year history has allowed developers to safely transform idled properties into sought-after condominiums, unique office spaces for tech companies and new industrial facilities for the state’s growing advanced manufacturing sector.
• Dyan Arkin has been a redevelopment planner and project manager with the City of Greensboro, North Carolina since 2001. She has more than 30 years of experience in neighborhood revitalization/redevelopment, facilities management, and construction administration. as been involved with the South Elm Street Brownfields Redevelopment project area since 2003 and has been lead planner and project manager since 2008. During that time, she oversaw production and execution of a Brownfields Agreement and remediation of the site, and facilitated the construction of the $34 million Union Square Campus building, a remarkable partnership between Cone Health, Guilford Technical Community College, North Carolina A&T State University, and the University of North Carolina Greensboro.
• Elizabeth Link serves dual roles with the City of Greensboro Planning Department as Urban Designer and Brownfields Specialist. She came to the City in 2009 to assist in the administration of EPA grants for site-specific cleanup ($600,000), Community-wide Assessment ($400,000) and a Revolving Loan Fund for environmental remediation ($1,000,000). She was responsible for budgeting and overseeing the expenditure of funds, communications with and reporting to EPA and NCDEQ, community outreach, contract oversight of environmental contractors, and seeking sites for assessments and for remediation loans.

The panel will be moderated by Matt McDuffie - Department Manager/Principal, ECS Carolinas.

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Additional sponsorship opportunities are available. Contact Liz (888.246.2332 /liz@nceda.org) for details.