There are two brownfield markets demarcated by an economic divide. On one side are growing population centers with robust real estate markets where developers are competing to find land and build big projects, capital is widely available and environmental concerns get worked out because the economics of the deal are favorable. On the other side of the divide you find blight, declining population centers, few employment opportunities, little development interest and little outside capital being invested into the community. Learn what cities are doing to blur the line.

PUBLISHER’S LETTER Deal or no deal — should you take the briefcase?

COVER STORY A roundtable discussion with five mayors about the economic divide

ASK THE EXPERT “She Bangs” — what to do when you have the William Hung of brownfield sites

COMMUNITY DEPARTMENT It’s all about marketing, even when you think you can’t

INSURANCE DEPARTMENT Wrapping insurance around regulatory frameworks

POLICY DEPARTMENT When the “public” is missing from the partnership

U.S. EPA DEPARTMENT Environmental justice is a good fit with brownfields

POINT/COUNTERPOINT The issues surrounding brownfield development in disadvantaged communities

EASTERN REPORT Job training in Brooklyn

MIDWESTERN REPORT Milwaukee’s 30th Street corridor

WESTERN REPORT Tacoma’s UST legacy

WESTERN REPORT Tacoma’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive