United States
Environmental
Protection Agency
Washington, D.C. 20460
Solid Waste
and Emergency
Response (5105)
EPA 500-F-01-033
June 2001
www.epa.gov/brownfields/
&EPA Brownfields Assessment
Demonstration Pilot
Cleveland, OH
Outreach and Special Projects Staff (5105)
Quick Reference Fact Sheet
EPA's Brownfields Economic Redevelopment Initiative is designed to empower states, communities, and other
stakeholders in economic redevelopment to work together in a timely manner to prevent, assess, safely clean up, and
sustainably reuse brownfields. A brownfield is a site, or portion thereof, that has actual or perceived contamination and
an active potential for redevelopment or reuse. EPA is funding: assessment demonstration pilot programs (each funded
up to $200,000 over two years), to assess brownfields sites and to test cleanup and redevelopment models; job training
pilot programs (each funded up to $200,000 over two years), to provide training for residents of communities affected
by brownfields to facilitate cleanup of brownfields sites and prepare trainees for future employment in the environmental
field; and, cleanup revolving loan fund programs (each funded up to $500,000 over five years) to capitalize loan funds
to make loans for the environmental cleanup of brownfields. These pilot programs are intended to provide EPA, states,
tribes, municipalities, and communities with useful information and strategies as they continue to seek new methods
to promote a unified approach to site assessment, environmental cleanup, and redevelopment.
BACKGROUND
EPA selected the City of Cleveland for a Brownfields
Pilot. This Pilot award was preceded by the
Cuyahoga County Brownfields Pilot of the greater
Cleveland area. Due to the efforts of the Cuyahoga
County Brownfields Working Group, there is now
growing interest and activity in redeveloping older
portions of the city. The City of Cleveland will build
on the Cuyahoga County Pilot's successes and
continue revitalization efforts through a new Pilot
project on the west side of the city.
The target area is located in a region that represents
one-fifth ofthe city's total manufacturing employment
base. Ofthe households in this region, 27 percent
have annual incomes less than $10,000, and
unemployment has reached 12 percent as the
manufacturing base continues to erode. The Pilot
will focus its efforts on two areas: the Stockyards
neighborhood and the Western-Elmwood-Berea
area.
OBJECTIVES
A primary objective for the city is to create at least
10 new j obs for every brownfield acre redeveloped.
As a first step in this effort, Pilot funding will be used
to assess environmental contamination on seven
PILOT SNAPSHOT
Cleveland, Ohio
Date of Award: September 1998
Amount: $200,000
Profile: ThePilotwillfocusitsefforts
on an area that represents one-fifth of
the city's total manufacturing
employment base.
Contacts:
CityofCleveland, Department
of Economic Development
(216)664-2406
U.S. EPA-Region 5
(312)353-3161
Visit the EPA Region 5 Brownfields web site at:
http://www.epa.gov/R5Brownfields/
For further information, including specific Pilot contacts,
additional Pilot information, brownfields news and events, and
publications and links, visit the EPA Brownfields web site at:
http://www.epa.gov/brownfields/
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sites within the targeted area. From these initial LEVERAGING OTHER ACTIVITIES
investigations, the Pilot expects to develop cleanup E nence wlth the Cleveland Pilot has been a
and redevelopment plans for approximately three of cataiystforreiatedactlvltieS;inciudmgthefoiiowmg:
these sites. The Pilot will conduct community outreach
activities to inform residents in brownfields • Cleanup activities, including tire removal, have begun
communities about Pilot activities and to solicit their at the Stockyard Area 13 property. The city
input. provided a $6,000 grant toward cleanup of this site,
ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND ACTIVITIES
The Pilot has:
• Formed a working group of a variety of stakeholders,
including city, county, state, developer, and
neighborhood representatives;
• Compiled an inventory of 16 brownfields properties;
and
• Targeted seven high-priority brownfields properties
for further investigation.
The Pilot is:
• Performing Phase I and II environmental
assessments on seven priority sites;
• Holding community outreach meetings designed to
update affected neighborhoods about Pilot activities
and to solicit residents' input; and
• Developing site cleanup and redevelopment feasibility
plans.
Brownfields Assessment Demonstration Pilot Cleveland, Ohio
June 2001 EPA500-F-01-033
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