&EPA
2000 TOWN LEY
                                                                                          EPA 560-F-10-226
                                                                                                  July 2010
                                                         Jackson, Michigan
                                                          Assessment Grant
                             Brownfelds Assessment Leads to Jobs
    ADDRESS:          2000 Townley Avenue, Jackson, Ml 49203
    PROPERTY SIZE:       I acre
    FORMER USE:        From 1946 to 1965, the site was used as a machine shop.
                     From 1967 to 2005, it was used for the assembly of
                     Baker equipment.
    CURRENT USE:       Hi-Tech Flexible Products, LLC operations
     EPA GRANT RECIPIENT:
    The City of Jackson, Michigan received a
    $200,000 EPA Brownfields Assessment
    grant in 2004.
PROJECT PARTNERS:
US Environmental Protection Agency;
City of Jackson; Hi-Tech Flexible
Products, LLC
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   PROJECT BACKGROUND:
   The one-acre property in Jackson, Michigan, was first developed in  1946 by Production Products, Inc. The
   site was used as a machine shop until  1965. In  1967, Dawn Equipment Company occupied the site and used
   it for the assembly of Baker farming equipment. Dawn Equipment Company continued to use this property
   until 2005. In February 2005, Hi-Tech  Flexible Products, LLC (HTFP) took ownership of the property.  EPA
   awarded the City of Jackson a $200,000 Brownfields Assessment grant in 2004. A total of $ 15,000 of the
   grant was used by the city to conduct an assessment of the 2000 Townley property in early 2006. The
   assessment showed that the property became contaminated over the course of the half-century of use,
   resulting in the presence of low levels of lead and volatile organic compounds (VOCs)  in the soil and ground
   water. However, the level of contamination was below the threshold that would require cleanup, given the
   uses of the property.

   KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
   •   Leveraged $2,500 for Phase I and $ 155,000 for redevelopment
       from HTFR
   •   Leveraged six jobs.
   •   Property is currently occupied and actively in use.

   OUTCOME:
   The property, showing no need for cleanup, has been put back to
   productive use by HTFR HTFP which creates custom masks for the
   coating industry,  moved its operations to the property in February
   2005. The City of Jackson suffers from a poverty rate of 19.6 percent, almost double the state poverty rate.
   The grantee was able to successfully leverage the retention of six jobs, with the possibility of creating  one to
   two new jobs. The $ 157,000 investment from  HTFP for the  assessment and redevelopment in this poverty
   stricken area has helped to improve economic viability of the area. The property is currently operational,
   providing much needed economic support to the community.
                                      The completed Hi-Tech Flexible Products building.
  FOR MORE INFORMATION: Visit the EPA Brownfields Web site at http://www.epa.gov/brownfields/ or call EPA Region 5 at (3 12) 886-6543

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