Brownfields Sustainability

            Pilot Fact Sheet


        Tabor Commons

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 Tabor Commons project as a
Brownfields Sustainability Pilot. Oregon Tradeswomen, a
community training nonprofit in Portland, Oregon is
redeveloping a former gas station into a community
center and will provide community Sustainability training
for participants entering into the "green collar"
workforce. The City of Portland, the State of Oregon, and
EPA provided cleanup assistance to address underground
tanks and contaminated soil. The property is owned by
SouthEast Uplift, a community based organization that
will run the community center. Oregon Tradeswomen, a
Brownfields Job Training grant recipient, will use the
project as a training ground and model for other green
redevelopment projects.

EPA assistance will help provide an analysis for various
green building principles at the former gas station.  It will
also assist in the development of materials for the
Sustainability training program.
Technical  Assistance:
Green Building Analysis and
Sustainable Training
Development
Technical Assistance Recipient:

Oregon Tradeswomen

Project Focus:

Analysis for applying green building principles and
community Sustainability training at a former gas
station in Portland, Oregon

Funding Amount:

$25,000
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.

EPA Region 10 Brownfields Team
206-553-7299
http://yosemite.epa.gov/R10/CLEANUP.NSF/sites/bf

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-08-266
                         July 2008
                         www.epa.gov/brownfields

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