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EPA and K-State Host Sustainable Redevelopment Workshop

Release Date: 08/29/2008
Contact Information: Belinda Young, (913) 551-7463, [email protected]

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Environmental News

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

(Kansas City, Kan., August 29, 2008) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 7, and Kansas State University will host a Sustainable Redevelopment Workshop September 9-11 at the Kansas State University Student Union in Manhattan, Kan.

This event is a practical, hands-on workshop, during which participants will hear from national and regional experts, local government representatives, and designers who have implemented "green" redevelopment techniques. Participants will work through the process of designing sustainable redevelopment of actual brownfields properties.

To register for the workshop, call 1-800-432-8222, or go to http://www.dce.k-state.edu/conf/brown-to-green .

The course fee of $195 includes a continental breakfast and lunch on the second day.

A limited number of need-based scholarships are available. For more information, contact David Doyle, Land Revitalization Coordinator, at 913-551-7667.