Making Money with
Contaminated Properties:
Seizing the Opportunities
Information sessions were scheduled for Moncton, Saint John and Fredericton in January 2008. The information packed information sessions addressed the key aspects of redeveloping properties with environmental challenges, with two themes:
Exposing the Myths and
Discovering the Opportunities
- Where do urban contaminated properties come from?
- Negative impacts of vacant and underutilized properties on communities.
- The myths and realities of contaminated properties.
- Case studies of local contaminated property redevelopment.
- How to get started: Basic principles of managing environmental risks.
- Economic and social spin-offs.
Breaking the Barriers:
Liability Relief and Risk Management
- The real and perceived liability risks that hamper redevelopment.
- Creating success from redevelopment in spite of the barriers.
- Legislative and financial options for liability relief.
- Q&A and open discussion.
"The workshops were excellent ..." Dr. Angela Bardeesy, Co-chair, Chaleur Region Standing Committee on Economy & Sustainable Development
The current round of information sessions are completed. If your community or organization is interested in hosting an information session, please contact us for details.
