Talk of the Town with Morgan Harper • Rick Vandenberg • Brownfields, Baseball, and Building Berwick

In this episode of Talk of the Town, host Morgan Harper sits down with longtime Berwick resident Rick Vandenberg of Credere Associates to talk about his work, his volunteer service, and what keeps him rooted here. Rick shares how his environmental expertise helped shape the redevelopment of the former Prime Tanning site, now known as The Edge, and how EPA-funded brownfields projects can turn shuttered mills into opportunities for new growth. He also reflects on his time with Envision Berwick and the Parks & Recreation Master Plan, where his perspective as both a professional geologist and a youth baseball volunteer gave him a unique role in helping shape Berwick’s future. Most of all, Rick emphasizes what brought him to town in 1999 and why he’s stayed: “It is a great town, first of all. It is a beautiful town. But really, it is the people. That is what is best about Berwick.”