Title: Assignment: Community Involvement
Course: BLD 159 Intro to Brownfield Remediation, Land Re-use, and Public Health > Section: BLD 159 Intro to Brownfield Remediation, Land Re-use, and Public Health

Assignment: Community Involvement

Community Involvement

Community Involvement

Engaging communities in brownfields and land reuse assessment and cleanup can lead to long-term community benefits and improvements, improve Environmental Health, and improve Public Health overall. Community involvement is a key component of the EPA Brownfields program goals. The Sustainable Management Approaches and Revitalization Tools-electronic (SMARTe) tool is a resource we will use to learn more about community engagement and involvement in redevelopment plans.

Click here to access the Sustainable Management Approaches and Revitalization Tools-electronic tool.

Please answer the following questions in a short answer format (2-3 sentences) in a document to be placed in dropbox.
1. How would you identify key stakeholders in a community? Where would you start? What would you do next?
2. List the three reasons given in the Community Involvement SMARTe Web pages that explain why it is important to engage the community.
3. In your own words, how do you think public health may be improved in communities by engaging the community early in the redevelopment process?

Once you have completed the assignment go to the Dropbox Folder in the Content Menu and click on "Dropbox: Unit 8 Community Involvement” to learn how to submit the assignment.