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Brownfields 2007
Grant Fact Sheet
City and County of
Denver, CO
EPA Brownfields Program
EPA's Brownfields Program empowers states, commu-
nities, and other stakeholders to work together to
prevent, assess, safely clean up, and sustainably reuse
brownfields. Abrownfield site is real property, the
expansion, redevelopment, or reuse of which may be
complicated by the presence or potential presence of a
hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant. On
January 11, 2002, President George W. Bush signed
into law the Small Business Liability Relief and
Brownfields Revitalization Act. Under the
Brownfields Law, EPA provides financial assistance to
eligible applicants through four competitive grant
programs: assessment grants, revolving loan fund
grants, cleanup grants, and job training grants. Addi-
tionally, funding support is provided to state and tribal
response programs through a separate mechanism.
Community Description
The City and County of Denver was selected to
receive a brownfields cleanup grant. The City and
County of Denver (population 544,116) is targeting the
10th and Osage Street site for brownfields cleanup.
The site is located in the La Alma/Lincoln Park
neighborhood. More than 80 percent of residents in
three of the four census tracts in this neighborhood are
minorities. Neighborhood poverty rates range from
23.5 to 51.8 percent, compared to the citywide rate of
14.3 percent. The 10th and Osage Street site is adja-
cent to 270 affordable housing units owned by the
Denver Housing Authority and a light rail station. It is
viewed as an underused eyesore that poses a potential
Cleanup Grant
$200,000 for hazardous substances
EPA has selected the City and County of Denver
for a brownfields cleanup grant. Hazardous
substances grant funds will be used to clean up
the 2.5-acre 10th and Osage Street site located
next to the 10th and Osage Light Rail Station.
The site is contaminated with arsenic and polycy-
clic aromatic hydrocarbons from former railroad
operations.
Contacts
For further information, including specific grant
contacts, additional grant information, brownfields
news and events, and publications and links, visit
the EPA Brownfields web site at: www.epa.gov/
brownfields.
EPA Region 8 Brownfields Team
303-312-7074
http://www. epa.gov/regionO 8/land_waste/bfhome/
bfhome.html
Grant Recipient: City and County of Denver, CO
720-913-1561
The information presented in this fact sheet comes
from the grant proposal; EPA cannot attest to the
accuracy of this information. The cooperative
agreement for the grant has not yet been negoti-
ated. Therefore, activities described in this fact
sheet are subject to change.
health threat to area residents. Cleanup of the site will
allow Denver to move forward with plans to create a
transit-oriented development center in this low-income
neighborhood. Brownfields redevelopment is expected
to increase economic activity in the La Alma/Lincoln
Park neighborhood, bringing new jobs to the commu-
nity and increasing the tax base.
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
(5105T)
EPA 560-F-07-040
May 2007
www.epa.gov/brownfields
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