Brownfields & Economic Renewal Brownfields & Economic Renewal

Washington County - Brownfields Redevelopment Success

Success starts at the beginning of the process. The Washington County Brownfields Advisory Committee, who help to select properties use a set of ranking criteria for potential sites that is based on many factors (click here for the Washington County site ranking form). Strong redevelopment potential is high among them. Properties also score points where redevelopment is supported by available infrastructure and when the community has expressed a policy about desirable locations for development. Washington County Brownfields Map Jan 2014

A threshold requirement is landowner willingness - site assessment is entirely voluntary at the direction of the property owner.

The image at right depicts a poster size (2 by 3 feet) map of current Brownfields projects in Washington County. Note that the file is 9MB - contact Judy East if you would like to see a printed copy.

Examples of successful redevelopment include:

These and other successes earned the Washington County Council of Governments the 2012 Governor's Award For Environmental Excellence in the Public Sector.

Pictured below are Governor Paul Lepage, WCCOG Board President Betsy Fitzgerald, GEI Brownfields Consultant Todd Coffin, Maine DEP Commissioner Patricia Aho.

2012 Governor's Award for Environmental Excellence in the Public Sector to WCCOG; Governor Paul Lepage, WCCOG Board President Betsy Fitzgerald, GEI Brownfields Consultant Todd Coffin, Maine DEP Commissioner Patricia Aho