NBA KENTUCKY
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Get Involved with NBA Kentucky
The National Brownfield Associations is always looking for individuals and organizations that are interested in advancing the brownfield market and encouraging green building on brownfield sites to be part of the Kentucky Chapter. Joining the NBA will connect you to a diverse network of members, including brownfield, green build and real estate industry professionals from the public and private sectors. You will gain access to information as well as training and events that bring stakeholders together to get deals done and make redevelopment projects happen in your state. Shape policy legislation and technical standards, when you get involved.
There are several opportunities to get involved:
- An individual, representative of government or businesses can become a member. Sign up online
- Be nominated to serve on the Chapter Executive Committee
- As a member, you can choose to serve on a subcommittee – Communications, Events, Membership, Policy & Legislative, Technical or Transactions.
- Businesses and organizations can become chapter or event sponsors.
Who Should Join?
Developers • Investors • Property owners • Financiers and Insurance Professionals • Elected officials and representatives federal, state, county and local government • Real estate professionals • Attorneys, architects, engineers, building designers and land planners • Economic development experts
Interested in joining NBA Kentucky? Do you know a colleague who would be interested?
Please email alisonb@brownfieldassociation.org
If your company has an office in Kentucky, tell them about our Corporate Membership.
Brownfields Resource List
The Technical Committee has compiled a list of resources for everyone to use. Let your colleagues know about it!
Download the list
This list includes both public agencies and private practitioners involved in the redevelopment of brownfields. This list is not intended to be comprehensive of all available resources in Kentucky. The public agencies listed are the agencies most likely to be involved in the cleanup and/or funding of brownfield sites. The private practitioners (attorneys, consultants, insurers, realtors, developers and landowners) in Sections 5 through 9 of this list are members of the National Brownfield Association (NBA).
To learn about state brownfield programs please visit: State Brownfield Programs
BRINGING BROWNFIELD PROPERTIES TO MARKET IN KENTUCKY
A Whitepaper by the Kentucky Executive Committee
This paper, prepared by the Kentucky Chapter of the National Brownfield Association, summarizes the availability of incentives, liability protections and the status of regulations that govern and impact brownfield redevelopment in the state of Kentucky. The intent of this paper is to educate stakeholders and legislators regarding the state of the programs currently in place.
Read the Full Article: KY_NBA_WhitePaper_062507.pdf
Technical Assistance: Brownfield Basics
An article by Amanda LeFevre, Division of Compliance Assistance
amanda.lefevre@ky.gov
Robert Colangelo, executive director of the National Brownfield Associations, explains a chart on the economics involved in a brownfield transaction. Mention the word brownfield, and most of the time the term will elicit a blank stare. The Division of Compliance Assistance and its brownfield program team are trying to change that. On February 16th 2006, the NBA KY Chapter, the KY DEP’s Division of Compliance Assistance and the KY Economic Development Cabinet supported a Technical Assistance training program developed by the National Brownfield Association and funded by the U.S. EPA. The training program educates representatives of cities across the state about brownfields, their potential, and the redevelopment process from the developer’s perspective.
Read the full article