Lindy prepared a Briefing Book(pdf) to inform the work of landscape architects, urban designers and economic development experts at a design workshop to develop the initial framework of the vision. This document includes:

• Background on the PES refinery site
  • Potential values for future use of the site
  • Mechanisms for city influence
  • Summary of Refinery Report’s challenges for site reuse
  • Potential near-term uses
  • Recommendations for city/future owner of site
• Site Analysis:
  • Environmental Pollution
  • Climate Change
  • Remediation
  • Social Economic Cost of Closure
  • Existing Assets Mapping
  • Existing Zoning
  • Existing Land Use
  • FEMA Flood Plains
  • NOAA Projected Sea Level Rise
  • Economic Development Incentives & Features
• Preliminary Community Survey Results
• Case Studies
  • Emscher Landscape Park
  • Shanghai Houtan Park
  • Freshkills Park DP
  • World London Gateway
  • Tradepoint Atlantic
  • La Mède Biorefinery