Brownfields Area-Wide Plannini
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Pilot Project Fact Sheet
EPA Brownfields Program
EPA's Brownfields Program empowers states, communi-
ties, and other stakeholders to work together to prevent,
assess, safely clean up, and sustainably reuse brown-
fields. A brownfield 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. In 2002, the Small
Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization
Act was passed to help states and communities around
the country clean up and revitalize brownfields sites. Un-
der this law, EPA provides financial assistance to eligible
applicants to assess and clean up brownfield sites.
Brownfields Area-Wide Planning Pilot
Program
EPA is piloting an area-wide planning approach to com-
munity brownfield challenges, which recognizes that
revitalization of the area surrounding the brownfield site(s)
is just as critical to the successful reuse of the property as
assessment, cleanup, and redevelopment of an individual
site. The pilot program will help further community-based
partnership efforts within underserved or economically
disadvantaged neighborhoods by confronting local envi-
ronmental and public health challenges related to brown-
fields, while creating a planning framework to advance
economic development and job creation.
Pilot Project Description
EPA has selected the City of Aurora as a Brownfields Area-
Wide Planning Pilot Program recipient. The city will focus
on the western half of the Montview Corridor in northwest
Aurora, which is home to approximately 6,000 residents.
The project area is approximately 306 acres and has 41
brownfields. In addition to underdeveloped and vacant
land, the area is challenged by a significant lack of invest-
ment, commercial vacancy, and building deterioration. It is
characterized by low household incomes, high unemploy-
ment, and low housing values. The unemployment rate
is 16 percent, and 25 percent of families live below the
Aurora, CO
Pilot Program Description
EPA is awarding approximately $4
million in total across 23 recipients.
Recipients will each receive up to
approximately $175,000 in EPA coop-
erative agreement and/or direct technical assistance.
Assistance will help recipients initiate development of
an area-wide plan and identify next steps and resources
needed to implement the plan.
Contacts
For additional information, brownfields news and
events, and publications and links, visit the EPA
Brownfields Web site (http://www.epa.gov/brownfields).
EPA's Office of Brownfields and Land Revitalization
(202) 566-0633
Assistance Recipient: City of Aurora, CO
(303) 739-7052
The information presented in this fact sheet comes
from the project proposal; EPA cannot attest to the ac-
curacy of this information. The cooperative agreement
and/or direct technical assistance have not yet been
negotiated. Activities described in this fact sheet are
subject to change.
poverty level. Aurora has been engaged in active ongo-
ing planning efforts in the area since the 1990s, and has
analyzed the impacts on the target area of redevelopment
at the nearby former Stapleton Airport and former Fitzsi-
mons Army Medical Base. The brownfields area-wide
planning process will facilitate community involvement in
developing a shared vision for the area (based on market
realities) and in gathering environmental data to inform
brownfields site assessment and cleanup.
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
(5105T)
EPA560-F-10-003D
October 2010
www.epa.gov/brownfields
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