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Updated: August 2010
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| Brownfields Redevelopment Toolbox™: Introduction | |||
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The Ontario Municipal Brownfields Redevelopment Toolbox has been developed as a guide and resource for Ontario municipalities to assist them with urban renewal, redevelopment and revitalization. |
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Redevelopment is the re-use of languishing assets on idle sites and embraces the concept of Sustainable Development and ‘Smart Growth’. It focuses on the redeployment of ‘used’ land, often referred to as Brownfields and effectively utilizes our current land inventory and community infrastructure. Development on the other hand, applies to ‘new’ undeveloped land or Greenfields and is a contributor to further urban sprawl. When examining the rejuvenation of idle sites (which may or may not have environmental concerns), developers re-employ capital that has already been spent on the existing infrastructure for hard and soft costs (roads, power grids, sewers, transit, police, proximity to labour sources, proximity to central city core and amenities, etc.). Alternately, when undertaking development on ‘green’ sites, the developers and planners create an immediate necessity for the community to commit additional funds to make these new sites development-ready. 
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| Toolbox Components | |||
1.) The 10 Key Elements
of a Redevelopment Strategy presents the basic elements of the
Brownfields Toolbox. Municipalities should consider all elements when
creating a vision for community improvement and brownfields redevelopment. |
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The Brownfields Decision Tree
outlines the Five Steps to Redevelopment in the Brownfields Toolbox
through a flow chart. The Decision Tree displays the stages and “thought
process” that a municipality should follow for brownfields redevelopment. |
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3.) The 5 Steps to Redevelopment is the basis
of the Ontario Municipal Brownfields Redevelopment Toolbox. Municipalities
can access each step that identifies common obstacles, issues, mandatory
requirements, resources, tools and solutions to assist in successful
redevelopment.
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Note: The Ontario Municipal Brownfields Redevelopment Toolbox is an evolving tool and process that assist municipalities with community improvement and brownfields redevelopment. Each municipality can use and adapt components of the Toolbox to address their needs.
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