Volume 5, Issue 4, December 2010 		Français
Low-interest GMF loans available for your brownfields capital project

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Message from the GMF Council Chair
Karen Leibovici  December is here and I know many of you are already
enjoying all of the great activities that our four seasons offer.
            
The fall has been a busy time for the Green Municipal Fund, and I’d like to share a snapshot of our activities with you.  

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New brownfields resources
We recently added new resources to our suite of tools aimed at helping municipalities to rehabilitate and redevelop their brownfields. 

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Economic Developers Council of Ontario 54th Annual Conference and Showcase 
February 1–3, 2011, Toronto, Ontario

FCM Sustainable Communities Conference and Trade Show — Embracing Change for Sustainability: Innovative Governance, Partnerships and Financing
February 8–10, 2011, Victoria, British Columbia 

3rd International Summit on High Performance and Sustainable Buildings
March 1– 2, 2011, Toronto, Ontario 

AMERICANA 2011 International Environmental Technology Trade Show and Conference
March 22–24, 2011, Montréal, Quebec

Did you know...

For every $1 invested in brownfield redevelopment, an average of $3.80
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Questions & Answers: City of Toronto
Brownfields  The City of Toronto won the 2010 FCM Sustainable Community Award in the brownfields category for its Adaptive Reuse of the Industrial Heritage Wychwood Car Barns project. With support from FCM’s Green Municipal Fund, the project made it the first designated heritage site in Canada to achieve LEED® Gold certification for redevelopment.
FCM spoke via e-mail with Lori Martin, senior cultural affairs officer with the City of Toronto’s culture division, to find out more about this excellent project.

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FCM hits the road for two brownfield events
We recently had an opportunity to highlight our exciting updates to the GMF funding offer at two national brownfield conferences.

The Remediation Technologies conference in Alberta provided an excellent opportunity to connect with leading technology providers and remediation experts, all of whom can access GMF’s brownfield funding through partnerships with municipalities.

FCM also had a strong presence at this year’s Canadian Brownfields conference in Toronto, held November 1 to 3. The annual event attracts a diverse audience and is Canada’s only national brownfields conference.

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FCM wins Brownie Award
Brownfields  FCM, along with its partners — the Government of British Columbia, OCETA and CPPI — was honoured to receive a 2010 Brownie Award in communications, marketing and public engagement for its workshop series, Building B.C. Local Government Capacity for Brownfield Redevelopment.
This series of four one-day workshops brought together experts in brownfield technologies, legislation, funding and capacity building; introduced a new provincial Brownfield Roadmap tool; and strengthened relationships between the program partners and B.C. municipalities. 

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New GMF case studies

More case studies  Strathcona Shooting Range site remediation (GMF 9391) 
City of Edmonton, Alberta

City makes rehabilitating brownfield sites a priority (GMEF 3627) 
City of Niagara Falls, Ontario

Town assesses downtown site for contamination (GMF 10185)
Municipality of Val-Morin, Quebec 

Site assessments clear way for Africville memorial (GMF 9049)
Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia

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