&EPA
United States
Environmental
Protection Agency
Washington, D.C. 20460
Solid Waste
and Emergency
Response (5101)
EPA 500-F-98-222
July 1998
Assessment
Demonstration Pilot
Coralville, IA
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. Since 1995, EPA has funded more than 200 Brownfields Assessment
Demonstration Pilots, at up to $200,000 each, to support creative two-year explorations and demonstrations of
brownfields solutions. The Pilots 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
EPA has selected the City of Coralville for a
Brownfields Pilot. Coralville is located on the west
bank of the Iowa River in east-central Iowa. The City
began as amill town in 1843 and industrial land use in
the area grew throughout the 195 Os. Since the future
growth of the City is limited by a lack of annexable,
developable land, Coralville is seeking to restore and
reuse existing industrial properties. Within this City of
10,347 residents, 11.2% of families are below the
poverty level.
In 1995, a Coralville Community Plan identified 10
blighted urban areas within the City. The Pilot targets
two of these properties—the Coral Industrial Park
and the Iowa River Power Plant—which comprise
200 acres along the First Avenue industrial corridor.
Currently, the target area is occupied by a concrete
mixing operation, a lumber company, railroad storage
facilities, an electrical substation, and an old municipal
dump. A variety of mixed-use properties, including
residential areas, light industrial businesses, and vacant
buildings and land also comprise the area. While the
extent of environmental contamination on these
properties is unknown, redevelopment of the Pilot
area is hindered by the perception of contamination.
The City considers the redevelopment and revitalization
PILOT SNAPSHOT
Coralville, Iowa
Contacts:
City of Coralville
(319)351-9069
Date of Announcement:
July 1998
Amount: $200,000
Profile: The Pilot targets
200 acres along the First
Avenue industrial corridor
in east Coralville that
serves as a gateway to the
City.
Regional Brownfields Team
U.S. EPA-Region 7
(913)551-7786
Visit the EPA Region 7 Brownfields web site at:
http://www.epa.gov/region07/specinit/brown/brownfields.htm
Forfurtherinformation, 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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of the First Avenue corridor essential to the future
growth and prosperity of the community.
OBJECTIVES
The City' s overall obj ective is to create the opportunity
for economic revitalization along First Avenue, which
will improve transportation flow, aesthetic appearance,
and services. The Pilot is the first step in this larger
community planning effortto develop amore sustainable
community. To this end, the Pilot will identify and
assess brownfields properties along 200 acres of the
First Avenue corridor area. The City then plans to
acquire, clean up, and redevelop several of these
properties along the industrial corridor in order to
attract commercial and retail businesses to the area.
Other properties along the Iowa River are also being
considered by the City for future redevelopment and
revitalization.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND ACTIVITIES
Activities planned as part of this Pilot include:
• Identifying brownfields properties in the targeted
area;
• Conducting Phase I environmental assessments on
identified properties and proceeding with Phase II
environmental site investigations on those properties
where environmental contamination is discovered;
• Leveraging funding to acquire brownfields properties
with redevelopment potential through the City's
urban renewal program;
• Developing cleanup and redevelopment financing
plans for priority sites; and
• Conducting community outreach and involvement
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 Coralville, Iowa
July 1998 EPA500-F-98-222
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