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BATES MILL COMPLEX
                                                                                             EPA-560-F-08-294
                                                                                               September 2008
                                                                      Lewiston, Maine
                                                                      Assessment Grant
           Former Mill Complex Redeveloped for Light Industrial Use,
             with  a 300,000 Square  Foot Convention Center Planned
     ADDRESS:
     PROPERTY SIZE:
     FORMER USE:
     CURRENT USES:
15-28 Canal Street, Lewiston, ME 04240
10 Acres
Textile Mill
Tenants include large corporations, an education
center, other non-profits, and a restaurant.
     EPA GRANT RECIPIENT:
     City of Lewiston received
     a $200,000 Brownfields
     Assessment Grant and
     $300,000 in Supplemental
     Assistance funding
          PROJECT PARTNERS:
          Lewiston Mill Redevelopment Corporation;
          U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
          Development; Economic Development
          Administration; U.S. Department of
          Agriculture; private industry
For additional data and geographic information for this and
other Brownfields Grants, please visit EPA's:
Envirofacts - v^ww.epa.gov/enviro/html/bms/bms_quer/.html
Enviromapper - www.epa.gov/enviro/bf
   PROJECT BACKGROUND:
   Lewiston's Bates Mill was once the largest employer in Maine, with activity dating back to the mid-1850s. The
   enormous textile complex served as both the geographic and cultural center of downtown Lewiston, as most of its
   workers lived and shopped within walking distance. The gradual decline of the textile industry led to the mill's closure
   and abandonment. By the time the city took ownership of the 10-acre site, Lewiston's poverty rate had climbed as high
   as 50 percent.

   KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

   •   Created a plan to redevelop the historic site into a modern office and light
       industrial complex
   •   Cleaned up Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) and Volatile Organic
       Compounds (VOCs)
   •   Leveraged a total of $35.7 million toward cleanup and redevelopment efforts
   •   Leveraged more than 1,200 jobs through the completion of redevelopment

   OUTCOME:

   The Bates Mill site provides prime office and light industrial space with the
   interiors and exteriors of the buildings preserving the historical setting with large
   windows, exposed beam, and brick exteriors. The Grantee leveraged a total of
   $35.7 million for cleanup and redevelopment and leveraged more than 1,200
   jobs through completion of redevelopment. Future plans for the site include
   utilizing a 300,000 square foot mill building for convention space, expanding arts
   and entertainment venues along the adjacent canal, and creating pedestrian paths
   to the nearby river and a local recreational park.                                T/ie newly restored Bates Mill Complex
                                                                                   in Lewiston, Maine.
  FOR MORE INFORMATION: Visit the EPA Brownfields Web site at httc
                                            gov/brownfields/ or call EPA Region I at (617) 918-1424

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