Goal of Community Outreach
Engaging the community in the Brownfield process is an important part of EPA and Rome's Brownfield goals.  The Brownfield program is not only to facilitate redevelopment, but to educate the community about Brownfields. 

Community Meetings
Rome envisions community meetings being held at local Rotary Clubs, Chamber of Commerce Meetings, or City Commision Caucuses throughout the Brownfield process.  If you have a group that is interested in Brownfields, please contact Eric Lindberg (elindberg@romega.us or 706-236-4674) or Joselyn Harriger (jharriger@harthickman.com or 704-586-0007) for more information.  Upcoming community meetings and previous meeting minutes will be posted here for those who couldn't make the meetings. 

Eric recently met with two of the local garden clubs and discussed the City's Brownfield Program.  If you would like someone to come discuss the Brownfield Program with your group, please contact Eric or Joselyn with the information above.

Brownfield Open House Scheduled
A Brownfield Open House has been scheduled for November 9, 2010 in the new ECO River Center facility located at 393 Riverside Parkway in Ridge Ferry Park. Please come by after work to take a look around the Eco Center as early as 5:00 if you’d like, and the meeting will begin at 6:00. You will hear about the progress of the City’s Brownfield Assessment Grant and discuss several properties that have been assessed or are currently undergoing assessment activities. Community members can also find out how to stay involved in the program. The City’s consultants, Hart & Hickman will be available for any technical questions. The City also recently applied for additional EPA assessment grant funding and wants to keep the community involved. A copy of the grant application will be available for review. Please join us to hear about the progress of the grant, learn about the new grant application, or ask any questions you may have about Brownfields.

Newsletters
Rome will be mailing out occassional newsletters to community members, property owners of brownfield sites, and other interested parties such as local real estate agents and developers.  These newsletters will also be posted right here, on the Brownfield website.  

 Brownfield Redevelopment Newsletter Volume 1 - Fall 2009
Brownfield Redevelopment Newsletter Volume 2 - Spring 2010