SGA is serving as the lead consultant for the development of a strategic plan focused on the redevelopment and revitalization of numerous brownfields in multiple communities located along the Ohio River west of Pittsburgh, PA. The project includes developing a continuous greenway, trail and public access strategy for the north and south shores of the […]

SGA was recently selected by the City for Ranson as the prime consultant leading a team of consultants to prepare the City’s U.S. EPA Area-Wide Brownfields Plan focused on the redevelopment of the City’s former industrial corridor in its downtown. SGA was also selected as part of team led by Placemakers to develop a Smart […]

A step-by-step by process was presented using current SGA EPA Area-Wide Brownfields projects case studies in Ranson, WV and Monaca, PA to a diverse audience of multi-state community development and planning staff representatives from the tri-state area.

A special emphasis of the session will relate to the redevelopment of urban and brownfields sites. Concern about sediment and nutrients in waterways is driving cities and states to adopt more stringent stormwater management regulations, especially within the Chesapeake Bay Watershed where SGA is currently working on a U.S. EPA Area-Wide Planning Brownfields Pilot Project.

SGA Principal, Timothy Stromberg speaks at the University of Maryland’s Department of Landscape Architecture on SGA’s current large scale urban waterfront projects including the firm’s work studying 28 miles of the Ohio River near Pittsburgh and the firm’s U.S. EPA project along the Greenbrier River in West Virginia.  A major focus of the lecture is […]

This educational session will be a technical overview of the various legal and planning aspects of addressing the challenges that often exist with corporate “moth-balling” of properties. Many communities are struggling with larger corporate owners that may have ended-up owning property in a town through a series of corporate mergers, with little or no interest […]