Brownfields Environmental Solutions for Trenton (BEST)
Advisory Council Administration

Location:
Trenton, New Jersey

Contact:
Mr. Fred Ellerbush
Rhodia Inc.
8 Cedar Brook Drive, CN 7500, Cranbury, NJ 08512-7500
(609) 860-3671

Brownfield Redevelopment Solutions, Inc. (BRS) maintains and administers Trenton, New Jersey’s
Brownfield Advisory Council, Brownfields Environmental Solutions for Trenton (BEST). The collaborative
group was launched in 1996 following the City of Trenton’s first USEPA Brownfields Assessment Pilot grant award. The group includes a dynamic team of stakeholders including local financial institutions, realtors, developers, attorneys, engineers, community leaders and representatives from local, county, state and federal agencies. The BEST Council meets regularly to address, articulate and define issues, providing advice and guidance to the City of Trenton. The BEST Council creates an annual Action Plan to summarize recommendations for improvements to Trenton’s Brownfield Program, presenting and conveying pressing items to the Mayor.

BRS works to keep this long-standing committee relevant and active with annual brownfield site tours,
public forums, and engaging guest speakers. In addition, BRS drafts comprehensive agendas, assists
meeting facilitation, provides substantive updates for the Council, develops detailed meeting minutes,
and produces an annual Action Plan.