Kalamazoo County Brownfield Redevelopment Authority
The next Regular Meeting of the Kalamazoo County Brownfield Redevelopment Authority (KCBRA) is Thursday, April 24, 2025, at 3:00 p.m. Immediately following the Regular Meeting of the KCBRA, is the KCBRA Annual Meeting, then the Economic Development Corporation of the County of Kalamazoo Annual Meeting.
Meetings are held in person at the Kalamazoo County Administration Building, in room 207-A, located at 201 W. Kalamazoo Ave. Kalamazoo, MI 49007
The Kalamazoo County Brownfield Redevelopment Authority (KCBRA) is a county-wide redevelopment authority created by the Kalamazoo County Board of Commissioners as allowed by Michigan PA 381, the Brownfield Redevelopment Financing Act. The KCBRA focuses on facilitating and supporting the redevelopment of brownfield sites throughout the county. The KCBRA has become a major resource and partner for positive economic change in Kalamazoo County helping to assess and understand contaminated sites, foster job creation, eliminate blight, re-use properties and infrastructure, and leverage investment.
What is a Brownfield?
A brownfield site is real property where expansion, redevelopment or reuse may be complicated by the presence or potential presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant or contaminant. Michigan further defines brownfield sites as blighted, functionally obsolete, a property adjacent/contiguous to one of the described eligible properties may be eligible, a Housing Property (One or more units of residential housing, as a dwelling or in a mixed-use project) or historic resource.
Read more about the Kalamazoo County Brownfield Redevelopment Authority in the KCBRA 2023 Outcomes Report