2018 Winter/Spring Intern Project Description #3 - Program Name: Brownfield Success Stories Location: MassDEP, Central Region, 8 New Bond St., Worcester Project Description This internship is designed to support MassDEP’s Bureau of Waste Site Cleanup (BWSC) efforts to highlight Brownfield success stories and featured sites for potential redevelopment located in Central Massachusetts. This is an exciting project which utilizes MassDEP resources and those of our municipal and community partners to produce written or video accounts of redeveloped disposal sites in MassDEP’s Central Region. The objective of MassDEP’s BWSC’s Brownfield Success Stories project is to encourage redevelopment efforts of other brownfield disposal sites the Central Region by profiling the history and successful cleanup of select disposal sites. The project will focus on sites in Environmental Justice communities that have enhanced economic opportunity, improved environmental health, and protected natural resources. Description of Internship Duties The goal of this internship is to create web-based profiles of Brownfield sites that tell the story of select brownfield sites’ history, disposal site cleanup, and reuse. The success stories will provide useful information for the general public, and real estate, business and development communities about the environmental challenges, funding means, and remediation of these sites. You will research, collect and characterize information from MassDEP’s electronic files and records, local municipal records, MassDEP’s Geographic Information System (GIS), and interview key persons involved with the cleanup and development of disposal sites. Understanding of environmental science or geoscience principles is helpful. The selected intern will help develop fact sheets, prepare video narratives, and photographically document current conditions for brownfield success story sites. The exact scope of tasks will be tailored to the selected candidate’s skills and strengths. This internship will utilize skills in researching, writing, and multi-media reporting in the environmental field. The internship is an opportunity to learn about Massachusetts’ environmental cleanup regulations, policy, and science, and will provide networking opportunities with environmental, municipal, and business professionals. Knowledge and Skills Needed -Ability to work independently;
2018 Winter/Spring Intern Project Description #3 - Program Name: Brownfield Success Stories Location: MassDEP, Central Region, 8 New Bond St., Worcester Project Description This internship is designed to support MassDEP’s Bureau of Waste Site Cleanup (BWSC) efforts to highlight Brownfield success stories and featured sites for potential redevelopment located in Central Massachusetts. This is an exciting project which utilizes MassDEP resources and those of our municipal and community partners to produce written or video accounts of redeveloped disposal sites in MassDEP’s Central Region. The objective of MassDEP’s BWSC’s Brownfield Success Stories project is to encourage redevelopment efforts of other brownfield disposal sites the Central Region by profiling the history and successful cleanup of select disposal sites. The project will focus on sites in Environmental Justice communities that have enhanced economic opportunity, improved environmental health, and protected natural resources. Description of Internship Duties The goal of this internship is to create web-based profiles of Brownfield sites that tell the story of select brownfield sites’ history, disposal site cleanup, and reuse. The success stories will provide useful information for the general public, and real estate, business and development communities about the environmental challenges, funding means, and remediation of these sites. You will research, collect and characterize information from MassDEP’s electronic files and records, local municipal records, MassDEP’s Geographic Information System (GIS), and interview key persons involved with the cleanup and development of disposal sites. Understanding of environmental science or geoscience principles is helpful. The selected intern will help develop fact sheets, prepare video narratives, and photographically document current conditions for brownfield success story sites. The exact scope of tasks will be tailored to the selected candidate’s skills and strengths. This internship will utilize skills in researching, writing, and multi-media reporting in the environmental field. The internship is an opportunity to learn about Massachusetts’ environmental cleanup regulations, policy, and science, and will provide networking opportunities with environmental, municipal, and business professionals. Knowledge and Skills Needed -Ability to work independently;