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                          Brownfields
                          Supplemental Assistance
                          City of Sag in aw,  Mi
BACKGROUND

EPA awarded the City of Saginaw supplemental assistance
for its Brownfields Assessment Demonstration Pilot.
Saginaw (population 69,500) is located approximately 100
miles north of Detroit at the north end of Michigan's
industrial corridor and near the gateway to the state's
recreational areas. The lumber, oil, and coal industries
have been replaced by automotive  manufacturing,
medicine, education, and agriculture as the area's principal
employers. Saginaw's 32 percent poverty level is among
the highest in the nation, and unemployment among city
residents is 9.7 percent.

The original EP APilot completed an inventory of bro wnfield
properties located on the city's waterfront and within the
tax-free, state-designated Renaissance Zone. Supplemental
funding was used to complete assessments on target
properties. The success of the original EPA Pilot and
supplemental funding for this area of Saginaw has led to
the assessment of 28 properties, leveraging $34 millionin
redevelopment funding, and the projected creation of
more than 575 permanent jobs. This second supplemental
grant will be used to assess and facilitate the redevelopment
of new sites within or adjacent to the Renaissance Zone,
particularly, brownfield properties along  Saginaw's
riverfront corridor in the downtown area.

OBJECTIVES AND PLANNED ACTIVITIES

The goal of Saginaw's brownfields program is to encourage
redevelopment and create  jobs in the pilot areas by
encouraging public and private investment. The objectives
of this Pilot are to select priority sites among those
inventoried within or adjacent to the city's Renaissance
Zone, complete the assessments on properties with high
redevelopment potential, and continue to provide outreach
to the community.
   PILOT SNAPSHOT
Date of Announcement:
May 2002


Amount: $150,000


Profile: The Pilot will target
properties with in or adjacent to
the    state-designated
Renaissance Zone.
    City of Saginaw,
    Michigan
   Contacts:

   City of Saginaw
   Brownfield Redevelopment
   (989)759-1318
Regional Brownfields Team
U.S. EPA Region 5
(312)886-7257
        Visit the E PA Region 5 Brownfields web site at:
          http://www.epa.gov/R5Brownfields/

      Forfurtherinformation,includingspecific 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:

• Conducting approximately 12 Phase I environmental
  assessments;

• Conducting approximately 10 Phase II environmental
  assessments;

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• Conducting approximately 8 baseline environmental
  assessments; and

• Continuing outreach to the community.

Thecooperativeagreementforthis Pilot hasnotyetbeen negotiated; therefore,
activities described in this fact sheet are subject to change.
                                                                 Solid Waste             EPA 500-F-02-096
                                                                 and Emergency         May 2002
                                                                 Response  (5105)        www.epa.gov/brownfields/

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