Brownfields Sustainability

            Pilot Fact Sheet


         Jackson  Square

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 Jackson Square as a Brownfields
Sustainability Pilot. Urban Edge, a community
development corporation, is assisting in the
redevelopment of Jackson Square, an urban area at the
intersection of the Roxbury and Jamaica Plain
neighborhoods of Boston. Contamination  of soil and
groundwater from past industrial activities, as well as
contaminated urban fill, pose public health risks to the
local residents. EPA assistance will support a technical
analysis which evaluates a variety of green building,
stormwater management and green infrastructure
approaches. As a result of the pilot, Urban Edge and its
partners in the Jackson Square  Redevelopment Initiative
will receive the most appropriate and cost effective green
roof system for early phase buildings at their brownfields
project. A green roof system that helps to  improve site
conditions is a critical part of the larger effort to convert
underutilized land in Jackson Square into  a vibrant,
environmentally sustainable, mixed use development.
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Technical Assistance:
Green Roof Analysis
Technical Assistance Recipient:

Urban Edge

Project Focus:

Technical analysis of green roof systems
for Jackson Square in Roxbury, MA

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 1 Brownfields Team
617-918-1424
www.epa.gov/region 1/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-08-271
                          July 2008
                          www.epa.gov/brownfields

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