Award-Winning Hudson Brownfields
Program
The Hudson County Brownfields Stakeholders
group was awarded the NJ DEP’s first Environmental
Excellence Award for Open and Effective Government. This
award was in recognition of the excellent communication established
between the municipalities and the various government
agencies that are involved with our brownfield
remediation projects.
What We Do
Site Identification
Locating appropriate properties that are likely to have market value.
Legal Issues
There are legal issues sometimes surrounding brownfields. The stakeholders group helps to define and clarify these issues.
Environmental Assessment
Environmental Assessments are done to determine if there is any contamination, and if there is, what its extent is.
Remediation
The experts available to the Program include professionals from federal and state environmental agencies, in addition to engineers who meet with the Stakeholders regularly.
Community Involvement
Regular community meetings are held to encourage public input in the environmental investigation, cleanup and re-use planning. The Pilot also provides information to brownfield property owners.
Quick Contact
You can get in touch with our Brownfield Coordinator by sending an e-mail or by contacting the Hudson County Economic Development Corporation:
601 Pavonia Ave.
Ste. 302
Jersey City, NJ 07306
Tel: 201 369-4370
Fax: 201 369-4371
Elizabeth Spinelli, Executive Director
Meetings
(Acrobat PDF files)
November 12, 2008 [minutes]
November 12, 2008 [agenda]
September 10, 2008 [minutes]
September 10, 2008 [agenda]
March 5, 2008 [minutes]
March 5, 2008 [agenda]
January 9, 2008 [minutes]
January 9, 2008 [agenda]
November 7, 2007 [minutes]
November 7, 2007 [agenda]
September 5, 2007 [minutes]
September 5, 2007 [agenda]
May 15, 2007 [minutes]
May 15, 2007 [agenda]
March 13, 2007 [minutes]
March 13, 2007 [agenda]
November 2008 Brownfields Meeting
The guest speaker at the November Brownfields meeting
was Myrna Campion of the NJDEP Underground Storage Tank Fund.
Pictured from left to right are Tanya Dmytrov UST Fund, Myrna Campion—Director of the UST Fund and
Elizabeth Spinelli, HCEDC Executive Director
June 2007 Brownfields Meeting
Pictured from left to right:
Susan Gruel of Hayer, Gruel and Associates, Mike O'Connor director
of
Economic Developer for Bayonne, Elizabeth Spinelli and Rich Franklin
of
Advanced Reality was the guest speaker.
March 2007 Stakeholder Meeting: Representative from
Japan comes to Hudson County Brownfield meeting to discuss Brownfields
At the March Brownfield Meeting the Stakeholders were
joined by Masato
Yamaji of the Urban Renaissance Agency in Japan.
Pictured from left to right Masato Yamaji Regional Manager of
the Urban
Renaissance Agency, Dr. William Montgomery of New Jersey City University, Sadira
J. Robles, Project Manager/Brownfields HCEDC,
Yang Cao, Office of Brownfield Reuse HDSRF coordinator for Hudson
County,
and Elizabeth Spinelli Executive Director HCEDC.
Masato Yamaji Regional Manager
of the Urban
Renaissance Agency and Elizabeth Spinelli, Hudson EDC Executive
Director
December 2006: Brownfield Stakeholders Meeting
(Left to right): Lorissa Whitaker, NJ Dept. of Community
Affairs; Stephen Kehayes, NJDEP; Kate DeNoble, Hudson EDC Brownfields
Manager; and Larry D'Andrea, USEPA.
December 2006: Brownfields Meeting
Elizabeth Spinelli, Hudson EDC, and guest speaker Helene
Gibbs, ADSO New Jersey Air Services Development Office.
October 2006: Governor's
Conference on Housing and Community
Development.
Left to right: Ramesh Tharwani, Mary Arnold. Eileen Swan-Executive Director Office of
Smart Growth, Elizabeth Spinelli HCEDC and Mayor Brian Gallagher discuss
Brownfields/Grayfields at the conference.
Hudson EDC executive director Elizabeth Spinelli
addresses brownfields issues at Governor's Conference.
July 2006
The Harrison Brownfield Development Area (BDA)
recently held a meeting with the BDA Stakeholders group and the State DEP
representative.
Pictured from left to right:
Elizabeth Spinelli, Executive Dir. HCEDC, Michael Rodgers, Town of Harrison,
Richard Miller Pegasus Group, Maria Vila Town of Harrison, Stephen Kehayes
NJDEP, Tom Powell Town of Harrison, Monikia Majewska Advance Realty Group.
Seated left to right: Jeffrey Milanaik Heller, Pete Higgins Town of Harrison,
Tom Michnewicz Advance Realty Group and Joe Gurkovich - Roseland Properties.
March 2006
The Hudson Brownfields Roundtable meeting was held at the
Secaucus Library on March 30, 2006. (From left to right) Secaucus Library
Director Kathy Steffens, County Executive Tom DeGise, Hudson EDC Executive
Director Elizabeth Spinelli, and Secaucus Mayor Dennis Elwell are pictured.
Elizabeth Spinelli with Round Table meeting guest speaker
Deborah Hoffman, director of the Passaic County Office of Economic Development
Joe Grassi (vice president of NJ Commerce), UEZ field representatives
Muriel Patterson, Terri Benson, and Joseph Tortoro, and Hudson EDC director
Elizabeth Spinelli.
Hudson EDC executive director Elizabeth Spinelli with Gina
Boesch, executive director of New Jersey City University's Business Incubator.
Other Round Table participants:
January 2006
HARRISON REDEVELPOMENT BROWNFIELDS DEVELOPMENT AREA
Under this innovative approach, NJDEP works with selected
communities affected by multiple brownfields to design and implement remediation
and reuse plans for these properties simultaneously, so that remediation and
reuse can occur in a coordinated fashion.
Pictured above: Mayor Raymond McDonough accepts the NJDEP's designation as
a Brownfields Development Area from Kenneth Kloo, administrator, NJDEP Office
of Brownfield reuse.
Observer News Item »
Harrison Hosts 1st BDA Meeting
On December 6th a meeting was held with the NJDEP and the
Steering Committee of the Harrison BDA to discuss the BDA process and the
benefits of the BDA designation. The meeting was hosted by the Harrison Development
Agency; Ken Kloo, Chief and Stephen Kehayes, Project Manager from the Office
of Brownfield Reuse presented the basics of the BDA program.
Previous Meeting Agendas & Meetings
