There will be several opportunities to learn more about brownfield redevelopment at the Mississippi Municipal League (MML) Conference (June 25-27) at the Gulf Coast Convention Center in Biloxi, Mississippi. A full schedule can be found here (OPEN AS ADOBE ACROBAT DOCUMENT) for the conference and the sessions dealing with redevelopment are as follows:
June 25 1PM-4PM
Roundtable Discussion (Room D11-D12) - Learn More About Tools, Grants, and Incentives for Redeveloping Sites in Your Community - Trey Hess, MDEQ and Nicole Bates, EPA
June 26 1PM-2PM
SESSION I-8 Redevelopment Strategies and Incentives: EPA Brownfield Grants (Room D8)
Presenters: Willie McKercher, Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality and Tyson Hackenberg, Shaw Group
Moderators: Mayor Eddie Fulton, Quitman; Mayor Larry Murray, Enterprise
June 26 2:15PM-3:15PM
SESSION II-5 Statutory Requirements for Cleaning Private Property (Room D5)
Presenters Troy Johnston, Phelps Dunbar; Alan Hart, City of Ridgeland
Moderators Mayor Dale Fortenberry, Farmington; Quincy Mukoro, MML Staff
June 27 9:15PM-10:15PM
SESSION I-3 Superfund - Working Together to Clean Up Mississippi (Room D3)
Presenters Franklin Hill, Director, EPA Superfund Division;
Melissa McGee-Collier, Director, EPA Office of Community Engagement
Moderators Alderman Frank E. Williams, Ellisville; Karen Jackson, City Clerk , Pickens
June 27 11:30AM
AWARDS LUNCHEON
Special Presentations - Trudy Fisher
Focusing on challenges, stories, and issues important to the redevelopment of Brownfields in the South . http://www.southernbrownfield.com