2007 CPEO Brownfields List Archive

From: "Trilling, Barry" <BTrilling@wiggin.com>
Date: 12 Jun 2007 15:29:58 -0000
Reply: cpeo-brownfields
Subject: RE: [CPEO-BIF] Czech Republic develops broad BF regeneration strategy
 
Having had some experience with brownfields in the Czech Republic, I can vouch for the existence of many "brown beauties,"  which I prefer to think of as merely "chemically enhanced."   Working in the Czech Republic has the singular advantage of being exposed to some of the best beer in the world.  But watch out for the bureucracy!!  Barry Trilling

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Subject: [CPEO-BIF] Czech Republic develops broad BF regeneration strategy


For those interested in the European approach to brownfields regeneration and how it differs from ours, the article below will make interesting reading. Brownfields, for example, are classified as "plots of land, buildings or combinations of both that are either abandoned or not used effectively and which may be contaminated". 
And perhaps stretching the promise of brownfields redevelopment a bit too far, in one particular rhapsodic moment, the Belgian-based brownfield developer quoted in the article, describes abandoned sites as "brown beauties".

Bob

A perfect mess

Czech Business Weekly
Martina Mareèková, 11. 06. 2007

Waste not, want not--specialist firms are rubbing their hands at the prospect of billions of crowns being spent on regenerating the country's more than 3,000 brownfield sites by 2025.

"This country used to be the industrial heart of Europe, but after the industry restructuring period of the 1990s, many industrial sites remain abandoned and some of them are heavily contaminated. These are perfect potential projects for us." So said Joris Goossens, managing director of Belgium-based brownfield developer PSR, as he told CBW just how much rich promise abandoned sites sometimes known as "brown beauties" can offer companies such as his.

With opportunities for greenfield development becoming scarce, Czech authorities are increasingly switching their focus to the regeneration of vacant brownfield sites that no longer serve their original purposes. State business development and investment agency CzechInvest has just completed its national brownfield regener-ation strategy, which aims to restore swathes of brownfield sites-classified as plots of land, buildings or combinations of both that are either abandoned or not used effectively and which may be contaminated-up and down the country.

For the entire article, see: http://www.cbw.cz/phprs/2007061168.html

Bob Hersh

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