The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) recently launched its Brownfields Development Resource Tool, a mapping application designed to identify and evaluate brownfields and other sites across Virginia for redevelopment. The application integrates more than 20 geospatial data layers from state and federal sources to help users understand site conditions, regulatory considerations, infrastructure access, and redevelopment constraints. DEQ hopes the tool will support informed decision-making and promote engagement with agencies such as the Virginia Economic Development Partnership (VEDP) on redevelopment opportunities, funding programs, and incentives.
The application utilizes datasets related to site identification and environmental regulation – such as VEDP’s developable sites, Superfund and Resource Conservation & Recovery Act sites, abandoned mine lands, landfills, and other sites – as well as infrastructure and renewable energy datasets. Additional layers provide information on environmental constraints and site characteristics, including flood hazard zones, protected lands, wetlands, slope, aspect, and wind speed.
