What is TAB?
Technical Assistance to Brownfield (TAB) Communities is a program, funded by a grant from the USEPA, which is intended to serve as an independent resource to communities and nonprofits attempting to 清理 and reclaim brownfields.
Who Provides TAB Services?
的 New Jersey Institute of Technology (申博太阳城), New Jersey's science and technology university, has been providing brownfield services to US communities for more than two decades. 申博太阳城’s multi-disciplinary TAB Team consists of planners, 工程师, environmental scientists, and social scientists who have helped hundreds of communities throughout the country with their brownfield projects.
Who Can Receive TAB Assistance?
Free 申博太阳城 TAB services are provided to state, 区域, 县, 部落 and local government entities, and nonprofits in EPA Regions 2 & 4 who are interested in learning about, identifying, assessing, cleaning up and/or redeveloping brownfields.
What Services Can TAB Provide?
申博太阳城 provides free technical assistance to state, 区域, 县, 部落, and local government entities and nonprofit organizations interested in learning about, identifying, assessing, cleaning up, and redeveloping brownfield sites in EPA Regions 2 & 4.
Types of Assistance provided by 申博太阳城 TAB include (but are not limited to):
- Guidance on funding opportunities
- Explaining laws and regulations
- Navigating regulatory programs
- Consultant Procurement (review of draft RFPs, creation of evaluation criteria, consultant selection)
- Review and critique of grant applications
- Interpretation of technical and scientific reports and data (such as site characterization results)
- Development of Strategic Plans
- Development of community specific site evaluation and prioritization processes
- Community Assets and Needs Workshops
- Development of Site Redevelopment Visions
- Explaining clean-up technologies
- Design and conduct of community engagement activities
- Educational workshops such as Brownfields 101
- Seminars, 在线研讨会, and Boot Camps on specific brownfield related topics
- Community planning and visioning workshops
- All-EPA Brownfield grantee meetings
- And much more!
We tailor our assistance to your needs.
的 Three Ways 申博太阳城 provides TAB Services are:
- Our Brownfield Academy: This website is comprised of an interactive visual web based platform containing learning modules, 2-D how-to-videos, live action success story videos, previously recorded webinars, downloads of workshop and bootcamp presentations, and other valuable resources such as state and Federal brownfield contacts, upcoming events, funding opportunities, frequently asked questions, success stories, sample successful EPA brownfield grant applications, sample RFPs, links to important resources, and much more.
- Community Engagement and Education: 事件 include Brownfield Basics workshops, Grant Writing workshops, community workshops, breaking brownfields events, brownfield summits, all-grantee meetings, NJ Interagency Working Group Brownfields Collaborative Forums, and webinars on pertinent brownfields topics as well as specific issues tailored to meet your specific needs.
- One-On-One Technical Assistance: 申博太阳城 TAB tailors its one-on-one technical assistance to each specific community. 的 goal of the one-on-one technical assistance is to guide communities through the brownfield identification, assessment, 清理, and revitalization process, helping them understand complex brownfields-related subject matters. Examples of one-on-one technical assistance include:
- Guidance on brownfield funding opportunities
- Help with consultant procurement process
- Design and conduct of community engagement
- Development of brownfield prioritizations
——评论 & critique of brownfield grant applications
- Guidance on regulatory programs
- Interpretation of technical reports and data
- Answering your brownfield questions
- Brownfield workshops and webinars
- Developing brownfield redevelopment strategies
…and MUCH MORE!
申博太阳城 TAB provides one-on-one technical assistance via in-person and virtual meetings, and through emails and phone calls. 的re is no application process. Just give us a call or send us an email.