HARRISBURG, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Phoenix Award™ Executive Committee is proud to announce The Phoenix Award™ winners for 2007 for excellence in Brownfield redevelopment. Created in 1997, this prestigious award honors individuals and groups who are working to solve the critical environmental challenge of transforming blighted and contaminated areas into productive new uses. The Phoenix Awards™ are widely recognized as the outstanding award for achievement of excellence in Brownfield redevelopment, and are often called “the Brownfields equivalent of Hollywood’s Oscar.” The 2007 Phoenix Award winners represent outstanding Brownfield projects from each of the 10 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regions. The 2007 winners are: Region 1: Gateway Park Project, Worcester, Massachusetts Region 2: The Shops at Atlas Park, Queens, New York Region 3: Canton Crossing, Baltimore, Maryland Region 4: Filemile Creek Greenway Project, Jefferson County, Alabama Region 5: Fairlane Green, Allen Park, Michigan Region 6: Shurden-Leist Industrial Park, Henryetta, Oklahoma Region 7: The Iowa River Landing Revitalization, Coralville, Iowa Region 8: Elati Light Rail Facility, Denver/Englewood, Colorado Region 9: Former NASA/Downey Industrial Plant Project, Downey, California Region 10: Thea Foss Waterway Brownfield Revitalization Project, Tacoma, Washington Community Impact Winner: University of Illinois Chicago South Campus Development Project, Chicago, Illinois UST Winner: McVay Highway – SeQuential Biofuels Brownfields Project, Eugene, Oregon
