RACER Trustee Elliott Laws Presents at Federal Reserve Bank Conference "Reinventing Older Communities"

PHILADELPHIA - RACER Trustee Elliott P. Laws presented at the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia’s fifth biennial conference, “Reinventing Older Communities: Building Resilient Cities,” on May 10, 2012. The focus of the conference was on small cities that were once manufacturing centers. Mr. Laws served as part of the panel on "Land Recycling: Exciting New Uses for Brownfields and Vacant Land."

During the session, participants discussed industrial cities that are seeking (and finding) new uses for once-thriving manufacturing sites that now stand vacant. The session focused on successful, large-scale, and innovative uses for brownfields and other vacant land.

You can download Mr. Laws' presentation by clicking here.

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