COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS

Cherokee cannot undertake the work of land cleanup and reuse without strong local support and community involvement. Many of our sites are symbols of long-term disinvestment – closed manufacturing plants, landfills and other core urban properties – that remain idle because the funds for cleanup and new public infrastructure overwhelm any single private or public entity.
 
As a result, Cherokee projects hinge on public-private partnerships where Cherokee’s investment and redevelopment expertise is buoyed by public-sector support. For example, Cherokee may invest in the acquisition and cleanup of a property while the local community provides land development rights, public financing or important infrastructure that makes redevelopment financially viable. A public-private partnership, in many cases, is the only way that large polluted properties can be remediated and put back into productive use.