United States
Environmental
Protection Agency
Washington, D.C. 20460
Solid Waste
and Emergency
Response(5101)
EPA500-F-99-146
June 1999
www.epa.gov/brownfields/
SEPA
Brownf ields Assessment
Demonstration Pilot
Warren, OH
Outreach and Special Projects Staff (5101)
Quick Reference Fact Sheet
EPA's Brownfields Economic Redevelopment Initiative is designed to empower states, communities, and other
stakeholders in economic redevelopment to work together in a timely manner to prevent, assess, safely clean up, and
sustainably reuse brownfields. A brownfield is a site, or portion thereof, that has actual or perceived contamination and
an active potential for redevelopment or reuse. EPA is funding: assessment demonstration pilot programs (each funded
up to $200,000 over two years), to assess brownfields sites and to test cleanup and redevelopment models;job training
pilot programs (each funded up to $200,000 over two years), to provide training for residents of communities affected
by brownfieldstofacilitatecleanupofbrownfieldssites and preparetrainees for future employmentintheenvironmental
field; and, cleanup revolving loan fund programs (each funded up to $500,000 over five years) to capitalize loan funds
to make loans for the environmental cleanup of brownfields. These pilot programs are intended to provide EPA, states,
tribes, municipalities, and communities with useful information and strategies as they continue to seek new methods
to promote a unified approach to site assessment, environmental cleanup, and redevelopment.
BACKGROUND
EPAhas selected the City of Warren for a Brownfields
Pilot. The city of Warren (population 50,793) is a
state-recognized distressed area with an
unemployment rate of 17.4 percent and a poverty rate
of 47 percent. During World War II, the city's steel
mills produced 10 percent of the nation's steel. The
1970s collapse of the steel industry, however, resulted
in an economic recession from which Warren is now
starting to rebuild.
The city designed two redevelopment plans to revitalize
Warren's economy—the Crosstown Corridor and
the River Edges-New Environment for Warren
(RENEW) plans. The plans call for redevelopment of
two industrial/commercial corridors that contain 23
brownfields sites and that intersect near the center of
the city. The Pilot targets the RENEW Plan corridor,
a five-mile-long corridor that contains a mixture of
residential, commercial, and light manufacturing
properties including three unregulated dump sites and
a former power plant.
PILOTSNAPSHOT
Warren, Ohio
Contacts:
City of Warren
Community Development
(330)841-2595
Date of Announcement:
June 1999
Amount: $200,000
Profile: The Pilot targets
brownfields within the
RENEW Plan corridor.
Regional Brownfields Team
U.S. EPA - Region 5
(312)353-3161
Visit the EPA Region 5 Brownfields web site at:
http://www.epa.gov/R5Brownfields/
For further information, including specific Pilot contacts,
additional Pilot information, brownfields news and events, and
publications and links, visit the EPA Brownfields web site at:
http://www.epa.gov/brownfields/
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OBJECTIVES
The Pilot's objective is to spur Warren's economic
revitalization by helping implement the RENEW plan.
It will do this by conducting environmental assessments
on four strategically located brownfields within the
plan area, and completing cleanup and redevelopment
plans for the sites. The RENEW plan includes
revitalization of the downtown area, focusing on the
city's recreational systems that include parks, bike
and walk pathways, and wildlife sanctuaries that
parallel the Mahoning River. The RENEW plan
corridor is also a link in a proposed multi-purpose,
ninety-mile recreational trail, the GreenWay Trail.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS ANDACTIVITIES
Activities planned as part of this Pilot include:
• Conducting Phase I assessments of four sites within
the city's RENEW Plan redevelopment area, and
conducting Phase II assessments where necessary;
• Developing cleanup plans and determining cleanup
costs and a schedule for each site;
• Examining redevelopment alternatives for the sites
including a high-technology or research facility,
parkland, and a footbridge extension;
• Investigating cleanup financing sources; and
• Conducting community meetings to get input on site-
specific activities.
The cooperative agreement for this Pilot has not yet been negotiated;
therefore, activities described in this fact sheet are subject to change.
Brownfields Assessment Demonstration Pilot Warren, Ohio
June 1999 EPA500-F-99-146
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