Return on Regional Redevelopment Investment

Measuring the Impact of Brownfields Redevelopment

The 22 regional development organizations that participated in the scan report:

  • Over 1,600 jobs created or retained, with the expectation of thousands more as projects proceed to redevelopment
  • More than $10.9 million leveraged by scan respondents, in addition to their EPA brownfields funding
  • Nearly 3,000 brownfields sites identified
  • 137 brownfields properties currently undergoing assessment, remediation and redevelopment