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                          Brownfields
                          Supplemental Assistance
                          City of Winsted, CT
BACKGROUND

EPA awarded the City of Winsted supplemental assistance
for its Brownfields Assessment Demonstration Pilot.
Winsted is a predominantly blue-collar town of 10,600
located in the northwest corner of Connecticut. At one
time, the city's mills produced a wide variety of goods,
ranging from pins and textiles to  clocks and small
appliances. Many of these factories were located on the
Mad River, and a variety of contaminants have infiltrated
into the soil and groundwater. Now many of the old
factories are empty, and boarded up buildings pose health
and safety risks and contribute to blight.

Classified as a distressed community by the State of
Connecticut, Winsted's unemployment rate is 4.3 percent
compared to three percent statewide, and per capita
income is significantly less than the  statewide average.
The city lost population between 1990 and 2000, and its
labor force shrank while Connecticut's labor force grew
during the same period.

OBJECTIVES AND PLANNED ACTIVITIES

Winsted plans to use the supplemental assistance to
continue performing Phase I, II, and III environmental site
assessments at  sites within the city's Northwestern
Community College Redevelopment Area, the Main Street
Enhancement Project  Area,  and  the Commercial
Redevelopment Area. Priority sites include properties that
have been used in the past for industrial manufacturing,
boat repair, furniture stripping, and alumber yard. Planned
reuses for these sites include a42-unithousing development,
a college  training facility with a parking  area, and a
proposed auction house. By removing uncertainty about
environmental contamination of these sites, the Pilot will
clear the way for subsequent cleanup and redevelopment
of these parcels.
   PILOT SNAPSHOT
    City of Winsted,
    Connecticut
Date of Announcement:
May 2002

Amount: $150,000

Profile: Winsted plans to
conduct Phase I, II, and III
environmental site assessments
at priority sites that are key to the
city's redevelopment strategy.
   Contacts:

   City of Winsted
   (860)379-8771
Regional Brownfields Team
U.S. EPA Region 1
(617)918-1394
        Visit the E PA Region 1 Brownfields web site at:
        http://www.epa.gov/region01/brownfields/

      Forfurther information, including specific Pilot contacts,
    additional Pilot information, brownfields news and events, and
    publications and links, visit the EPA Brownfields web site at:
             www.epa.gov/brownfields
Activities planned as part of this Pilot include:

• Completing eightPhase I environmental site assessments;

• Conducting Phase II environmental site assessments at
  four to six priority sites;

• Completing cleanup feasibility  studies/Phase  III
  environmental site assessments at four sites; and

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• Involving the community and sharing information about
  the Pilot through public meetings, fact sheets, and a web
  site.

Thecooperativeagreementforthis Pilot hasnotyetbeen negotiated; therefore,
activities described in this fact sheet are subject to change.
                                                                 Solid Waste             EPA 500-F-02-082
                                                                 and Emergency         May 2002
                                                                 Response  (5105)        www.epa.gov/brownfields/

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