Creation and growth of small businesses in New York City communities that support the brownfield cleanup industry is a valuable means to help achieve the city's long-term brownfield cleanup and sustainability goals. The NYC Brownfield Partnership (Partnership) is a voluntary association of member organizations committed to assisting growth of small businesses serving the brownfield industry in NYC communities through the implementation of the NYC Brownfield Entrepreneurship Program. This program has five principal steps:

• Member organizations in the Partnership identify potential services commonly required as part of brownfield cleanup projects that can be performed by small business sub-contractors.
• Community-based organizations are engaged to identify entrepreneurs interested in starting small business to serve the brownfield cleanup industry under this program.
• Partnership volunteers provide general training for entrepreneurs on the requirements for performance of sub-contractor services.
• Entrepreneurs work with community-based organizations and existing small business incubators to enhance small business capacity and capability.
• Small businesses established under the NYC Brownfield Entrepreneurship Program are listed with their contact information on the Partnership website. Member organizations generally agree to select these small businesses as sub-contractors for specific services as it serves their business needs.

Member organizations are under no specific obligation to employ any small business sub-contractor but are strongly encouraged to give businesses a trial. The NYC Brownfield Partnership is not an agency of the City. The decisions of the Partnership are made by its board of directors and not by the City.

To learn more, log on to the Partnership website at www.brownfieldnyc.org. If you would like more information about this program, contact us .