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Upcoming Events and Trainings
LDEQ Brownfields Program Events
Event: LDEQ Brownfield Awards hosting by LDEQ
Date: November 18, 2025
Time: 8:30am-5pm CT (Registration and networking with a continental breakfast starts at 8:30am; event starts at 9:00am)
Location: University of Louisiana at Lafayette LITE Center - 537 Cajundome Blvd, Lafayette, LA 70506
Help us celebrate the new EPA Brownfield grantees as well as newly redeveloped Brownfield and Voluntary Remediation projects throughout Louisiana! This one-day event will be filled with recognizing entities that have played a part in turning vacant and underutilized sites across the state into community assets and celebrating the new entities receiving EPA Brownfield grant funding to start or continue revitalizing their communities. We hope to see you there!
Click HERE to register! This is a free event, but registration is required for all attendees.
The Draft Agenda can be viewed and downloaded HERE. The draft agenda may vary, and a final agenda will be posted and sent to registrants a week before the event.
The event flyer with further details can be found HERE.
Upcoming Brownfield Partner Events
Event: EPA Grants Competition Process Webinar
Date: October 22, 2025
Time: 12pm-1pm CT
Location: Virtual
This webinar will focus on helping grant applicants learn how to find and successfully apply for competitive EPA grants. The EPA will also provide an overview of the competition process from application through evaluation and selection. Participants will be able to ask questions of EPA presenters during the webinar. The registration form can be found HERE, and presentation materials will be posted HERE before the webinar.
LDEQ Past Events & Recordings
Event: U.S. EPA Brownfields Grant Writing Strategies
Date: August 26th and 27th, 2025
This two-day workshop presented by Kansas State University's Technical Assistance to Brownfields Program (KSU TAB) provides informative information to equip you with the knowledge and tools needed to write a successful EPA Brownfields grant proposal. The presentations and recordings of this two-day workshop can be found HERE.
Event: Reimagining the Ride: Brownfields and Active Transportation
Date: February 26, 2025
This two-part webinar presented by KSU TAB and partner Laneshift focused on ideas and solutions for communities struggling with a lack of transportation and connectivity. This webinar showed participants how active transportation plays a crucial role in creating healthier, more vibrant communities and how to seamlessly integrate transportation projects with brownfield projects. A recording of the webinar can be found HERE.
Event: 2024 Louisiana Brownfields Conference
Date: June 5-6, 2024
Location: Docville Farm - 5124 E Street, E St. Bernard Highway, Violet, LA 70092
Presentations:
Pulling out the Map: Brownfields 101: Rebecca Otte, LDEQ Brownfields Coordinator
Phase I ESA Local Perspective: Bottle Art Lofts: Ashlyn Holmes, LDEQ Brownfield Project Manager
Moving Forward with Cleanup Using Brownfield Funding: LDEQ Brownfield Team
Paying for the Journey: Browfield Resources: LDEQ TBA: Rebecca Otte, LDEQ Brownfields Coordinator
Event: 2023 Louisiana Brownfields Conference
Date: October 25-26, 2023
Location: Convention Hall - 915 3rd Street, Alexandria, LA
Presentations:
Brownfield Basic Training:
Brownfields 101: Rebecca Otte, LDEQ
LDEQ’s Environmental Process: Jennifer Schatzle, LDEQ
LaMATS and Brownfields: Cliff Palmer, Executive Director, LaMATS
Developing a Strategy: Prioritizing Brownfield Projects: Scott Nightingale, KSU TAB
Local Main Street Perspective: Jill Leo, Director, Natchitoches Main Street
Pump Up Your Grant Proposal! Amy Yersavich & Scott Nightingale, KSU TAB
Setting up the Mess Hall: Resources for Food-Related Reuses:
EPA Smart Growth: Michael Kennedy, Project Officer, USEPA Region 6 Brownfields Team
USDA Wholesale Markets & Facility Design: Ron Batcher, AIA, Lead Architect, USDA
The Ins and Outs of Eligibility: Rebecca Otte, LDEQ Brownfield Coordinator
Event: 2022 Louisiana Brownfields Conference
Date: October 5 & 6, 2022
Location: Terrebonne Parish Library - North Branch, 4130 West Park Avenue, Gray, LA, 70359
Presentations: https://www.ksutab.org/events/workshops/details?id=547 under "Resources"
Event: StoryMaps Webinar: Conveying your Brownfields Story
Date: Wednesday, April 21, 2021
Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yh7U1Am_QDU&list=PLYftmUkuzbWBjX6BcSbGuPInBDtIADJo3&index=1
Looking for an effective way to communicate your Brownfields Program to community groups, elected officials, and other Brownfields stakeholders? Join our dynamic panel discussion with three successful Brownfields Programs that have effectively employed StoryMaps to engage their community and promote their programs. Learn how this tool can help build momentum for your Brownfields Program and market your resources to developers and community organizations to facilitate the reuse of blighted properties.
Featured Panelists:
- Savannah Richards, New Mexico Environmental Department – StoryMap
- Madeline Dillner, Oklahoma Corporation Commission - StoryMap
- Alicia Wiltz, Acadiana Planning Commission
Event: 2021 RECAP Training Series: Webinar No. 1: Soil Sampling Best Practices
Date: Tuesday, June 8, 2021
Recording: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYftmUkuzbWDvLqDDtMUVSJQmbQfnCrAe
Join Keith Horn, Senior Environmental Scientist with LDEQ's Remediation Division, as he outlines soil sampling best practices for RECAP investigations, including common soil sampling issues and RECAP requirements that apply to soil sampling events. Learn how to ensure your sampling events conform to DEQ’s regulations and properly characterize your site to facilitate future development.
Event: 2021 RECAP Training Series: Webinar No. 2: Back to Basics
Date: Tuesday, July 13, 2021
Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uD1UGoK9n4g&list=PLYftmUkuzbWDvLqDDtMUVSJQmbQfnCrAe&index=2
Join Dr. June Sutherlin, Toxicologist, for this informative presentation on LDEQ's Risk Evaluation/Corrective Action Program (RECAP) where she'll lay the groundwork for RECAP-compliant investigations and reports with special attention to data analysis. Don't miss this opportunity to come up to speed on RECAP or sharpen your existing RECAP skills with this extended training!
Event: 2021 RECAP Training Series: Webinar No. 3: Developing an Effective Sampling Plan
Date: Tuesday, August 10, 2021
Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gw3VGn8pKls&list=PLYftmUkuzbWDvLqDDtMUVSJQmbQfnCrAe&index=3
LDEQ Environmental Senior Scientist Keith Horn will review how to effectively develop a sampling plan for a RECAP investigation. Join this interactive webinar to ensure your sampling event meets LDEQ requirements to reduce the cost and time it takes to resample a site.
Event: 2021 RECAP Training Series: Webinar No. 4: Common Mistakes, Misconceptions, & Compliance Issues
Date: Tuesday, October 12, 2021
Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6O9QcDAhWSw&list=PLYftmUkuzbWDvLqDDtMUVSJQmbQfnCrAe&index=4
Looking for ways to facilitate the review and approval of your RECAP submittals? Attend this webinar where Dr. June Sutherlin, Toxicologist, will review some of the common mistakes, misconceptions, and compliance issues with RECAP investigations and report submittals. Ensure your work plans and reports check all of LDEQ's boxes!
Event: 2021 RECAP Training Series: Webinar No. 5: The Ins and Outs of the VRP
Date: Tuesday, November 9, 2021
Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2-aJdSjnhM&list=PLYftmUkuzbWDvLqDDtMUVSJQmbQfnCrAe&index=5
LDEQ's Voluntary Remediation Program (VRP) is a useful tool to facilitate the cleanup of sites throughout Louisiana. Join Jennifer Schatzle, LDEQ's Brownfields and VRP Technical Liaison, for an overview of the VRP including:
- How is the VRP different from a traditional investigation?
- What sites would benefit from the VRP?
- What are the advantages and considerations of enrolling a site into the VRP?
- Who's eligible to apply?
Recordings of Past Events:
Visit LDEQ's YouTube page for additional recordings!
Brownfields Partner Events
Have a Brownfields-related event in Louisiana you would like included in our newsletter? Email event information to Brownfields@la.gov.