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Brownfields 2004
Grant Fact Sheet
Louisville, CO
EPA Brownfields Program
EPA's Brownfields Program empowers states, commu-
nities, and other stakeholders in economic development
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, the President
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. Additionally, funding
support is provided to state and tribal response pro-
grams through a separate mechanism.
Community Description
The City of Louisville was selected to receive a
brownfields assessment grant. About 161 of
Louisville's 18,937 residents live in the targeted High-
way 42 Revitalization Area. The neighborhoods
bordering the industrial area include older, single-family
residences, the majority of which are occupied by
renters. One-third of these residences are headed by a
person 55 years or older. Median home values in these
neighborhoods are lower than the median for the city
as a whole, mainly because of their proximity to the
industrial area. The prime redevelopment area is zoned
as industrial. It consists, in part, of a moving and
storage warehouse, a landscape contractor's nursery,
an auto body shop, and a concrete batch plant. Former
Assessment Grant
$200,000 for hazardous substances
EPA has selected the City of Louisville for a
brownfields assessment grant. Grant funds will be
used to perform environmental site assessments
at potentially contaminated sites located within the
Highway 42 Revitalization Area. In the target
area, two residential neighborhoods and a com-
mercial zone will require historical use investiga-
tions. A fourth zone, which is currently an indus-
trial area, will be the prime focus of the assess-
ment effort. Grant funds will also be used for
public health monitoring, reuse and cleanup
planning, and conducting public outreach.
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
303-312-6803
http://www.epa.gov/region08/land_waste/bfhome/
bfhome.html/
Grant Recipient: Louisville, CO
303-335-4590
The cooperative agreement for this grant has not
yet been negotiated; therefore, activities described
in this fact sheet are subject to change.
uses include a lumber yard, a gun club and shooting
range, a metal parts manufacturer, and a tool and die
maker. Plans for the Highway 42 Revitalization Area
include preserving the two existing residential communi-
ties and converting the existing industrial tracts into a
transit-oriented mixed-use development adjacent to the
city's historic downtown.
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
(5105T)
EPA 560-F-04-074
June 2004
www.epa.gov/brownfields
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