Brownfield land

In a topic that is widely discussed on campus and seems like a no brainer to many has had a bunch of people working, wondering, and wishing. From 1897 to 1986 Wichita State University played competitive football at many different levels including the KCAC, CIAC, and our current conference of the Missouri Valley. Boasting a 375-402-47 record and 14 conference titles the Shockers were at best a sub-par team. Over history the Shocker football team endured some tough times and none were more…

Introduction to Where I Work I am currently employed in The Canadian Armed Forces which is the unified armed force of Canada. This unified group consists of air, land and sea forces referred to as the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN), Canadian Army, and Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF), I am in the Canadian Army. Personnel may belong to either the Regular Force or the Reserve Force, I am a regular forces member, simply meaning I serve full time. Some reserve members may serve full time as well.…

Born in Montreal and with French-speaking parents, Omer levesque was inspired to be in the Royal Canadian Air Force ever since he was a little boy. He did not know how to speak English very well so Omer joined the local militia unit and became the lieutenant there. Later joining the RCAF, and on March 31, 1951 he was the very first pilot to shoot down a Korean plane during the Korean war. Omer Levesque and other Canadian forces contribution to the war lead to Canada causing a significant impact.…

positive change that the act made to the public was the states were sold land to build public universities where everyone could benefit from. The Morrill act was made to make college for that was based on agriculture, the mechanic arts, and military tactics with not forgetting about literary or scientific studies. The establishment of the land grant allowed states to have 30,000 acres of public land for each member in Congress. The land grant gave the opportunity for colleges so then that made…

As seen in the late 1800s, Americans hunted for bison, resulting in the extinction of the species. Likewise, as cities throughout the nation began to grow and overpopulate, pollution was an issue and was harming animal and plant life, along with the land itself. Just as Theodore Roosevelt was entering his first term as president in 1901, questions concerning conservation arose. Going forward, several acts and laws were passed in order to preserve and protect…

This idea of being more greedy, as in wanting more land, came originally from a thought that Pahom had when the two women were talking in the beginning of the story of whether or not living in the city gave more benefits than living on the farm and barely having enough. Whether or not this argument was settled, Pahom had an idea in the middle of it, stating, “Our trouble is that we haven’t land enough. If I had plenty of land, I shouldn't fear the Devil himself” (Tolstoy). This quote from…

Brownfields are defined by the Environmental Protection Agency as “real property, the expansion, redevelopment or reuse of which may be complicated by the presence or potential presence of hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant”. Brownfields are often what is left after the land is used for industrial or commercial facilities. Because of New York City’s lack of space, Brownfields can be a solution to utilize the unoccupied space for more developments and opportunities for energy…

This paper will investigate a local brownfield site here in Broward County, reveal state and federal funding to remove the toxicity, provide a Florida based brownfield remediation case study, and propose the benefits on many different levels to carry out brownfield redevelopment. First I would like to introduce you to my site. It is the Fort Lauderdale Swap Shop off of Sunrise Blvd. and NW. 31st Ave. The site was originally created back in 1963 by Betty and Preston Henn, it was called the…

right to restored land, clean air, clean water and housing and an end to the exploitative privatization of natural resources, including land and water”. This demand calls for the government to fix the inequality in the home neighborhoods and locations under poor control of the government, such as the slums and brownfields in which the African-Americans are practically forced to live in due to the inequality in the employment rates. The demand includes the right to restored land and clean water,…

make donations to the Superfund Trust Fund, and there should be financial support from the federal government as well. If developers decide to purchase land with possible contamination they should not be penalized but instead, have an environmental site assessment completed by the EPA before purchase, and if the risk is there for hazard then the land will remain vacant. This protects all…