United States
                      Environmental
                      Protection Agency
                      Washington, D.C. 20460
 Solid Waste
 and Emergency
 Response (5101)
 EPA 500-F-00-017
 April 2000
 www.epa.gov/brownfields/
  <&EPA  BrownfieldsSupplemental
                   Assistance
                                                             Englewood,  CO
 Outreach and Special Projects Staff (5105)
                   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 brownfields to facilitate cleanup of brownfields sites and prepare trainees for future employment in the environmental
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

EPA awarded the City of Englewood supplemental
assistance for its  Brownfields Assessment
Demonstration Pilot. Early this century, Englewood
was  home to many of  the Denver area's heavy
manufacturing industries. Several older facilities have
become  functionally obsolete, and residents near
these sites suffer from below-average incomes and
population growth. In many cases, the potential for
environmental liability has kept prospective businesses
from redeveloping these obsolete properties.

Englewood has focused its redevelopment efforts on
the Sante Fe/Platte River redevelopment corridor.
Redevelopment of the Sante Fe/Platte River corridor
is considered a vital component to development of
regional transportation and economic growth. Through
the initial Pilot grant, Englewood has conducted
environmental assessments at three corridor sites.
One  site, General Iron Works, is a 280,000-square
foot former iron foundry on an 18-acre parcel that
needs further study. To maintain city revitalization
momentum,  it is  critical to  conduct additional
environmental characterization and redevelopment
PILOT  SNAPSHOT
  Englewood, Colorado
  Date of Announcement:
  March 2000

  Amount: $150,000

  Profile: The pilot will target
  brownfields sites in the north
  Englewood portion of the
  Sante Fe/Platte  River
  redevelopment corridor.
Contacts:
City of Englewood
Community
Development Division
(3303)762-2353
Regional Brownfields Team
U.S. EPA-Region 8
(303)312-6725
     Visit the EPA Region 8 Brownfields web site at:
  http://www.epa.gov/region08/cross/brown/brownf.html

   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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planning at the General Iron Works site and undertake
further environmental assessments in the Sante Fe/
Platte River redevelopment corridor.

OBJECTIVES AND  PLANNED ACTIVITIES

Englewood  plans to use the information collected
through this Pilot to have a better understanding of
environmental conditions in the Sante Fe/Platte River
redevelopment  corridor. This will facilitate more
effective land use planning and community involvement
for this important  transportation,  economic, and
environmental area.

To accomplish these objectives, the Pilot plans to:

• Inventory abandoned and/or contaminated sites in
 the targeted corridor;

• Conduct additional environmental assessments of
 brownfield sites in the targeted corridor, including
 the General Iron Works site;

• Evaluate  possible land use restrictions due to
 environmental concerns; and

• Maintain community outreach and involvement.
The cooperative agreement for this Pilot has not yet been negotiated;
therefore, activities described in this fact sheet are subject to change.
 Brownfields Supplemental Assistance                                                    Englewood, Colorado
 April 2000                                                                          EPA 500-F-00-017

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