The recently made known EPA brownf...

The recently made known EPA brownfields pilot program is helping rareed cities understand how contaminated sites can be revived. on the other hand how are non-participating cities recycling distressed real estate?

When Vernon, Calif., landlorded a Taiwanese delegation to discuss trade opportunities, city officials decided there was no better way to highlight local manufacturers than to stop at the Vernon Industrial Plaza (VIP).

one time a closed steel mill, VIP is now a present industrial center with 60 firms employing more than 1500 family

The story of VIP is single of determination. Begun almost a decade ago, the transformation of the dormant dirk mill has made the 100-acre site not simply a showcase for visiting dignitaries, yet also an example of by what mode a distressed property can be recycl to play an important part in the local economy.

And, it was all done without governmental economic aid.

Long before brownfields revitalization was part of