For nearly two decades, BLOOM (formerly OCETA) has been working in the public and private sectors to advance the implementation of sustainability initiatives that deliver improved efficiencies, enhanced competitiveness, reduced business risk and a smaller environmental footprint.

• Brownie Award Winner - Innovation and Communication (2001)
  The aboutREMEDIATION Web site was recognized by the Canadian Urban Institute (CUI) Brownie Award for excellence in conveying information and sharing ideas, techniques, concepts, and approaches in relation to brownfields redevelopment. The Toolbox is hosted as a free online resource on the aboutREMEDIATION website.
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• Brownie Award Winner - Communications, Marketing and Public Engagement (2009)
  Former gasoline or service stations and other petroleum hydrocarbon sites are a specific type of Brownfield site commonly found throughout Canada. Many of these sites remain underutilized and vacant with low potential for redevelopment. BLOOM in collaboration with the Canadian Petroleum Products Institute (CPPI), the Province of Ontario and other stakeholders, developed a redevelopment framework that provides a standardized and streamlined approach to redevelop these sites in Ontario. In 2009 the Framework was recognized with a Brownie Award for development and dissemination of a new brownfield tool, The Redevelopment Framework for Former Services Stations in the Province of Ontario. The Framework was also a Finalist in Category 1 - Legislation, Policy and Program Initiatives. The Framework is available as a free online tool on the aboutREMEDIATION website.
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• Brownie Award Winner - Communications, Marketing and Public Engagement (2010)
  BLOOM in partnership with the Province of British Columbia Ministry of Agriculture and Lands (BC MAL) and Ministry of Environment (BC MOE), the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM), and Canadian Petroleum Products Institute (CPPI) were recognized with a Brownie Award at the 2010 Canadian Brownfields Conference for the Partnership Workshops to Build Local capacity on Brownfield Redevelopment in BC, Communities of Nanaimo, Prince Rupert, Prince George and Mission, British Columbia . The Workshop Series focused on local BC municipalities and was based on the Redevelopment Framework for Former Services Stations in the Province of Ontario (the 2009 Brownie Award Winner).
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• Brownie Award Winner - Excellence in Communications, Marketing and Public Engagement (2011)
  BLOOM was honoured as the recepient for the 2011 Brownfield Series: Practical Workshops for Redevelopment in Canada - Edmonton, Hamilton, St. Lawrence Corridor (Kingston, Cornwall and Brockville), Montreal, North Bay, and Waterloo Region. BLOOM collaborated with the Federation of Canadian Municipalities and local governments to develop and deliver this National Series from February to June of 2011. More than 600 people attended the six events, with representation from more than 50 local governments and community groups. Each event focused on understanding local challenges and opportunities of Brownfield redevelopment, and actions required to move forward.
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