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                                                                                             United States
                                                                                             Environmental Protection
                                                                                             Agency
FORMER DICKS AUTOMOTIVE
                                                                                            EPA 560-F-12-003
                                                                                                  March 2012
                                                                    Johnstown, PA
                                                                   Assessment Grant
              Assessment Grant Opens the Door for Redevelopment
    ADDRESS:       633 Franklin St., Johnstown, PA 15901
    PROPERTY SIZE:   0.2 acres
    FORMER USE:    Commercial - former automotive store
    CURRENT USE:   Biosciences facility
    EPA GRANT RECIPIENT:
    Johnstown Redevelopment
    Authority received a $200,000
    EPA Brownfields Assessment
    grant in 2004
PROJECT PARTNERS:
Johnstown Redevelopment Authority, City of
Johnstown, Johnstown Area Regional Industries,
Pennsylvania Department of Community and
Economic Development, ITSI Bioscience Research
                                                                          The completed Bioscience Research facility
   PROJECT BACKGROUND:
   Located in Johnstown, PA, Dick's Automotive opened in 1949 and operated for 56 years. After its closure in
   2005, the property sat empty and unused for two years. In 2004, the Johnstown Redevelopment Authority was
   awarded a $200,000 EPA Brownfields Assessment grant to assess hazardous waste contamination at several
   city brownfields. The Redevelopment Authority used $2,000 of the grant to assess contamination levels at the
   property. The assessment was conducted in May 2006 and found no contamination, allowing redevelopment of
   the property to proceed. Redevelopment began in June 2007.

   KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
   •   Leveraged $720,000 in state funding for redevelopment
   •   Leveraged $l .2 million in private-sector funding for redevelopment
   •   Opened a commercial biosciences facility
   •   Redevelopment leveraged 27 jobs

   OUTCOME:
   Having leveraged $l .92 million from  state and private sector sources, redevelopment of the former Dick's
   Automotive property is seen as a significant success for both the city and the Johnstown Redevelopment
   Authority. The State of Pennsylvania provided $720,000 for redevelopment while ITSI Bioscience Research, the
   property's new owner and occupant, invested $l .2 million. The resulting biosciences research facility leveraged
   27 jobs. As a result of the Brownfields Assessment Grant, the return on investment for this property is $960
   per $l of grant funds spent. Assessment of the property led to investment for the community and ultimately
   the development of a high-tech commercial business.
   FOR MORE INFORMATION: Visit the EPA Brownfields website at www.epa.gov/Region 10/brownfields/ or call EPA Region 3 at (21 5) 814-5000
   For additional data and geographic information for this and other Brownfields Grants, please visit EPA's Cleanups in My Community - http://iaspub.epa.gov/Cleanups/

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