Brownfields Sustainability

            Pilot  Fact Sheet


       Commercial  Street

         Historic  District

EPA  Brownfields Program

EPA's Brownfields Program empowers states.
communities, and other stakeholders to work together to
prevent, assess, safely clean up, and sustainably reuse
brownfields. A brownfield site is real property, the
expansion, redevelopment, or reuse of which may be
complicated by the presence or potential presence of a
hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant.

EPA's Brownfields Sustainability Pilots provide technical
assistance to support communities in achieving greener,
more sustainable assessment, cleanup, and redevelopment
at their brownfields projects. These pilots will also serve
as models for other communities across the country.

Project Description

EPA has selected the Commercial Street Historic District
as a Brownfields Sustainability Pilot. The six block area,
a National Historic Registered District, has an industrial
and commercial history and has been the focus of
Springfield's revitalization efforts, including EPA funded
environmental assessments. This support will be linked to
the development of a brownfields Sustainability plan to
coordinate sustainable development approaches for
brownfield properties located in the Commercial Street
Historic District. Key components of the brownfields
Sustainability plan will include improved stormwater
management, use of alternative energy sources, and the
reduction of the district's carbon footprint. EPA
assistance will provide guidance on green infrastructure
and green design techniques for several properties in the
redevelopment district.
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Technical Assistance:
Sustainable Community
Design
Technical Assistance Recipient:

City of Springfield, Missouri

Project Focus:

Development of a Sustainability plan to coordinate
sustainable approaches for brownfield properties
located in the Commercial Street Historic District in
downtown Springfield, Missouri

Funding Amount:

$50,000
Contact'
For further information, including additional technical
assistance information, brownfields news and events,
and publications and links, visit the EPA Brownfields
Web site at: www.epa.gov/brownfields.

Alma Moreno-Lahm, EPA Region 7 Brownfields Team
913-551-7380
www.epa.gov/region7/cleanup/brownfields

The information presented in this fact sheet comes
from the proposal for technical assistance; EPA cannot
attest to the accuracy of this information. The
implementation plan for the technical assistance has
not yet been finalized. Therefore, activities described in
this fact sheet are subject to change.
                                                          Solid Waste and
                                                          Emergency Response
                                                          (5105T)
                         EPA560-F-08-265
                         July 2008
                         www.epa.gov/brownfields

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