>«0Sr4, « Brownflelds 2017 Area-Wide Planning Grant Fact Sheet PROV G/enwood Springs, CO r EPA Brownfields Program EPA's Brownflelds Program empowers states, corrirriuriities, arid other stake holders to work together to prevent, assess, safely clean up, arid sustainably reuse brownfields. k browniield site is real property, the expansion, redevelopment, or reuse of which maybe complicated by the presence or potential presence of a hazard:us substance, pollutant, or contamiriarit. In 2002, the Small Busiriess Liability Relief arid Brownflelds Revitalisation .^ct was passed to help states arid communities around the country clean up arid revitalize brownflelds sites. Under this law, EPA provides financial assistance to eligible applicants through competitive grant programs forbrownfields site assessment, site cleanup, revolving loan funds, area-wide planning, ard job training. Additional fundi rg support is provided to state arid tubal response programs through a separate mechanism. Brownfields Area-Wide Planning Program EPA's Brownfields Are a-Wide Planning Program assists communities in responding to local brownfields challenges, particularly where multiple brown fie Id sites are in close proximity, connected by infrastructure, and limit the economic, environmental and social prosperity of their surroundings. This program enhances EPA's core brownfields assistance programs by providing grant funding to communities so they can perform the research needed to develop an area-wide plan and implementation strategies for brownfields assessment, cleanup, and reuse. The resulting area-wide plans provide direction for future brownfields area improvements that are protective of public health and the environment, economically viable, and reflective of the community's vision for the area. Project Description $200,000.00 EPA has selected the City of Glenwood Springs as a Brownfields Area-Wide Planning Grant recipient. The city will work with the community and other stakeholders to develop an area-wide plan and implementation strategy for revitalizing brownfields in the Confluence Corridor into a new downtown area where the Colorado River flows east of the Glenwood Canyon to meet the Roaring Fork River. This strategy will capitalize on a rare opportunity to envision and redevelop a prime riverfront area within the heart of the city. The main catalyst site is a five-acre decommissioned wastewater treatment plant. Other catalyst sites include a five-acre riverside Colorado Department of Transportation maintenance site and the 27-acre former Pitkin Iron Corporation abandoned limestone quarry known as the Holly Quarry. All are located in a quarter-square-mile area surrounding the confluence and downtown. Reuse of the catalyst brown fie Ids is envisioned to include a hotel and mining museum with associated retail, much needed affordable and mixed-rate housing, green infrastructure for stormwater management, and riverfront recreational access that will transform the underutilized confluence corridor into a vibrant gateway to the Roaring Fork Valley. Key partners who will work with the city on this project include the city's Downtown Development Authority and Chamber Resort Association, Community Builders and Colorado Brownfields Partnership, Colorado Mountain College, GlenX and Super School, and Glenwood Caverns Adventure Parte. Contacts For further information, including specific grant contacts, additional grant information, brownfields news arid events, arid publications and United States Environmental Protedicn fluency Washington, DC 20450 Solid Waste ard Emergency Response (5105T) EPA 560-F-17-0010 Januay 2017 ------- links, visit the EPA Brownfields Web site (http://www.epa.gov/brownfields). EPA Region 8 Brownfields Team (303) 312-6184 EPA Region 8 Brownfields Web site (https://www.epa.gov/brownfields/brownfie lds-and-land-revitalization-region-8) Grant Recipient: City of Glenwood Springs, CO (970) 384-6401 The information presented in this fact sheet comes from the grant proposal; EPA cannot attest to the accuracy of this information. The cooperative agreement for the grant has not yet been negotiated. Therefore, activities described in this fact sheet are subject to change. United States Environmental Protection Agency Washington, DC 20450 Solid Waste and Emergency Response(5105T) EPA 560-F-17-0010 January 2017 ------- |