Northwest Brownfields Update

This year’s morning keynote will feature an engaging and informative panel discussion on a range of brownfields topics being addressed by regional agency representatives and their priorities going forward. Topics will include programmatic challenges, loans and grants, technical assistance and resources, equity and inclusion, community engagement, and the latest policy developments.

Speakers:

Ali Furmall, Small & Rural Communities Brownfields Specialist, WA State Department of Ecology

Ryen Godwin (Moderator), Shareholder, Schwabe Williamson & Wyatt PC

Kristopher Grinnell, Section Manager. WA State Department of Ecology

Karen Homolac, Brownfields Specialist, Business Oregon

Margaret Olson, Land Revitalization Coordinator, Oregon State Lead, Brownfields Project Manager, Environmental Protection Agency

Transforming Tacoma

The University of Washington - Tacoma Campus Redevelopment Project

Ben Mauk, Associate Director, Campus Planning & Retail, University of Washington – Tacoma

As a significant brownfield redevelopment project, the University of Washington - Tacoma Campus and surroundings have become a hub for growth and economic activity and have transformed downtown Tacoma into a vibrant model of urban revitalization.

Join us for lunch and a conversation with Ben Mauk, Associate Director, Campus Planning & Retail, University of Washington – Tacoma. Ben will discuss the challenges and opportunities a project of this magnitude can pose and what it has meant for the downtown core, including key adaptive reuse buildings, the retail components, transit service, and private development that’s occurring on surrounding properties.