Register today!Groundwork USA presents a free webinar, offered through our brownfields technical assistance program. Join representatives from Conway, AR and Dorchester Bay Economic Development Corporation for discussion and examples of achieving equitable development outcomes where site control has been an issue. Presenters will share successes and challenges associated with:
- Negotiating transfer of property
- Pros and cons of purchasing property before conducting environmental assessments
- Collaborating with property owners to complete environmental assessments
- Cost Benefit Analysis – cost of land acquisition compared to social and economic benefit. – Keeping equity and social justice in-mind
Guest Presenters:
Jeanne DuBois
Consultant and Former Executive Director of Dorchester Bay Economic Corporation, Dorchester, MA
Under Jeanne’s 20-year leadership, Dorchester Bay Economic Development Corporation (DBEDC) doubled its staff to 24 people, and significantly increased housing production and job. Jeanne represented Massachusetts CDCs from 1998-2015 on Mass Development’s Brownfield Advisory Group, which oversaw the $60M brownfield site assessment and remediation fund. DBEDC was an EPA Phoenix Award winner for its five-acre, $15M Spire Digital Printing brownfield redevelopment in 2002. DBEDC has redeveloped over 20 brownfields.
Scott Grummer
City Planner, Conway, AR
Scott currently works as a city planner for the City of Conway, AR, and program manager for Community Development, overseeing housing development and neighborhood revitalization strategies for the City, including innovative housing projects and brownfield redevelopment. With a degree in business administration from the University of Central Arkansas (UCA), Scott has worked in the private, non-profit, and public sectors, and has over 20 years’ experience in housing and real estate development. He has completed the three-year Community and Economic Development study program with UCA-CDI, and has over eight years’ experience in neighborhood revitalization.
