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Senator
Clinton Returns to Binghamton April 28, 2003
to Host Brownfield Redevelopment Workshop |
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Brownfield
Redevelopment Workshop
Broome
Community College, Binghamton, NY
April 28, 2003
(Sponsored by U.S. Senator
Hillary Rodham Clinton and The National Brownfield Ass’n) |
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Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton addresses audience of 300+
at Brownfields workshop at Broome Community College,
Binghamton, NY, as Robert Colangelo (National Brownfields
Association—r) and Don Dellow (President, BCC) look on. |
Senator Clinton
sits in audience with Broome County Executive Jeff Kraham (right), Don Dellow of BCC, and Mike
Marinaccio, Supervisor, Town of Dickinson, as Robert
Colangelo addresses Brownfields Workshop. |
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Panel members listen to questions by Brownfields Workshop moderator,
Robert Colangelo. From left to right: Irving Cohen (Managing
Member, GreenEagle, LLC); Ken Cornell (Executive V.P., AIG
Environmental); David King (Executive Director, SUNY Center for
Brownfield Studies); and Daniele Cervino (VP & General Counsel,
Environmental Waste Management Associates). |
Senator Clinton confers with Robert Colangelo as Rep. Maurice
Hinchey looks on, prior to initiation of Closing Remarks as
Brownfields Conference nears its conclusion. |
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participants heard Senator Clinton reaffirm her commitment to
brownfields redevelopment in New York State. She indicated that
New York has received about $10 million in federal brownfields funding
assistance to date--amounting to about 10% of the total. Robert
V. Colangelo, Executive Director of the National Brownfield
Association, announced that the NBA will be establishing a New York
State chapter, and described the tools that are available for
redeveloping brownfields. Charles Bartsch, Senior Policy
Analyst with the Northeast Midwest Institute in Washington, D.C.,
reviewed the resources and partnership opportunities available to New
York State from the federal government. Several members of a
Brownfields panel acknowledged the added difficulties of doing
brownfields deals in New York State--especially Upstate. Dave
King of the SUNY Center for Brownfield Studies noted that "many
Upstate properties couldn't be given away because they don't have the
value of Downstate properties." Irv Cohen of GreenEagle
Investment, which has access to a $650 million venture capital
"opportunity fund," noted that one of the "parameters" an investor looks
for--in considering redevelopment of a brownfield site--is that "the
state regulatory environment needs to be in place" and "state regulators
need to have the mindset that they're part of the redevelopment
process." He acknowledged that his company has had "a tough time"
doing deals in New York State "because of the disconnect between
brownfields and economic development." One panelist alluded to the
"Empire State" mentality that makes some New York State regulators and
legislators unwilling to follow the example of other states. For
additional Workshop highlights, click
here. |
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Clinton to developers: Think big,
take risks: Conferees told to
focus on brownfields
(Apr. 29, 2003)
Editorial:
Teamwork vital on brownfields (Apr. 29, 2003)
Vestal News: Brownfields Key to Economic
Turnaround (May 1-May 7, 2003)
Vestal News Editorial: Broome
Brownfields--Opportunity Knocking (May 1-May 7, 2003)
Editorial: Reviving
brownfields
(Apr. 27, 2003)
Editorial: Room to grow (Apr. 27, 2003)
Guest Viewpoint: More potential than
peril in brownfields (Apr. 26, 2003)
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Senator Clinton
Visits Binghamton January 25, 2003
to Boost Economic Development Plan
Senator Clinton prepares to take her seat as George Akel,
co-convener of The Greater Binghamton Coalition and Chairman
of the Broome County Industrial Development Agency,
looks on.
On the Brownfields issue, Senator Clinton
expressed regret that New York State has not yet followed the Federal
government's lead in enacting strong Brownfields legislation. She
promised to sponsor (with the assistance of a convener like AIG Insurance)
a regional Brownfields conference to be held in Binghamton. |
Three photos below
provided courtesy of Binghamton University
Front row (left to right): Dr. Lois DeFleur
(President, Binghamton University);
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY); George Akel (Co-Convenor, The Greater
Binghamton Coalition). Back row (left to right): Lou Santoni (Sr. VP, The
Broome Chamber),
Kenneth S. Kamlet (Member GBC Management Team and Chair, Broome County EMC
Brownfields
Subcommittee); Mary Sokolowski (Federal Program Coordinator, Binghamton
University); and
(partially obscured) Cathy Calhoun (Director of Senator Clinton's Syracuse
Office).
Members of The Greater Binghamton Coalition look on as BU President, Lois
DeFleur,
Directs a question to Senator Clinton.
See article and editorial in Binghamton
Press & Sun-Bulletin.
See article in Inside
BU.
See subsequent editorial
in Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin.