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Community Capacity Building for Revitalization and Sustainable Redevelopment.

DE2005825951

Publication Date	2003
Personal Author	Downing, M.; Rosenthall, J.; Hudson, M.
Page Count	14
Abstract	Capacity building programs help poor and disadvantaged communities to improve their ability to participate in the environmental decision-making processes. They encourage citizen involvement, and provide the tools that enable them to do so. Capacity building enables communities that would otherwise be excluded to participate in the process, leading to better, and more just decisions. The Department of Energy (DOE) continues to be committed to promoting environmental justice and involving its stakeholders more directly in the planning and decision-making process for environmental cleanup. DOE's Environmental Management Program (EM) is in full support of this commitment. Through its environmental justice project, EM provides communities with the capacity to effectively contribute to a complex technical decision-making process by furnishing access to computers, the Internet, training and technical assistance. DOE's Dr. Samuel P. Massie Chairs of Excellence Program (Massie Chairs) function as technical advisors to many of these community projects. The Massie Chairs consist of nationally and internationally recognized engineers and scientists from nine Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and one Hispanic Serving Institution (HIS). This paper will discuss capacity building initiatives in various jurisdictions.
Keywords	Community development Revitalization Communities Computers Decision making Educational facilities Internet Management Planning Training Waste management Community capacity building Sustainable redevelopment
Source Agency	Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
Corporate Authors	Department of Energy, Washington, DC. Assistant Secretary for Congressional, Intergovernmental and Public Affairs.; Howard Univ., Washington, DC.; Science Applications International Corp., McLean, VA.
Supplemental Notes	Prepared in cooperation with Howard Univ., Washington, DC. and Science Applications International Corp., McLean, VA.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	200520

Community Capacity Building for Revitalization and Sustainable Redevelopment.

Community Capacity Building for Revitalization and Sustainable Redevelopment.
DE2005825951

Publication Date	2003
Personal Author	Downing, M.; Rosenthall, J.; Hudson, M.
Page Count	14
Abstract	Capacity building programs help poor and disadvantaged communities to improve their ability to participate in the environmental decision-making processes. They encourage citizen involvement, and provide the tools that enable them to do so. Capacity building enables communities that would otherwise be excluded to participate in the process, leading to better, and more just decisions. The Department of Energy (DOE) continues to be committed to promoting environmental justice and involving its stakeholders more directly in the planning and decision-making process for environmental cleanup. DOE's Environmental Management Program (EM) is in full support of this commitment. Through its environmental justice project, EM provides communities with the capacity to effectively contribute to a complex technical decision-making process by furnishing access to computers, the Internet, training and technical assistance. DOE's Dr. Samuel P. Massie Chairs of Excellence Program (Massie Chairs) function as technical advisors to many of these community projects. The Massie Chairs consist of nationally and internationally recognized engineers and scientists from nine Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and one Hispanic Serving Institution (HIS). This paper will discuss capacity building initiatives in various jurisdictions.
Keywords	Community development Revitalization Communities Computers Decision making Educational facilities Internet Management Planning Training Waste management Community capacity building Sustainable redevelopment
Source Agency	Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
Corporate Authors	Department of Energy, Washington, DC. Assistant Secretary for Congressional, Intergovernmental and Public Affairs.; Howard Univ., Washington, DC.; Science Applications International Corp., McLean, VA.
Supplemental Notes	Prepared in cooperation with Howard Univ., Washington, DC. and Science Applications International Corp., McLean, VA.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	200520