s OA Brownfields 1995 Assessment Pilot Fact Sheet r-t> / Trenton, /VJ EPA Brownfields Initiative 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. On January 11, 2002, President George W. Bush signed into law the Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act. Under the Brownfields Law, EPA provides financial assistance to eligible applicants through four competitive grant programs: assessment grants, revolving loan fund grants, cleanup grants, and job training grants. Additionally, funding support is provided to state and tribal response programs through a separate mechanism. Background EPA selected the City of Trenton for a Brownfields Pilot. Trenton, a city of 89,000 people located in central New Jersey, was a prominent 19th-century manufacturing center. Initially producing flour and steel, the City later attracted manufacturers of other products such as paper, wood, cotton, bricks, and pottery. As its manufacturing industry declined, Trenton was left with a host of abandoned industrial buildings that pose potential environmental threats. Trenton has formed a partnership with a private, non-profit community redevelopment organization, Isles Inc., and has established working relationships with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP), the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), Rutgers University, and local community development corporations to address these issues. Pilot Snapshot Date of Announcement: 09/01/1995 Amount: $200,000 Profile: The Pilot targets more than 600 acres of potential brownfields within Trenton's Urban Enterprise Zone. Contacts For further information, including specific grant contacts, additional grant information, brownfields news and events, and publications and links, visit the EPA Brownfields Web site (http ://www .epa.gov/brownfields). EPA Region 2 Brownfields Team (212) 637-4309 EPA Region 2 Brownfields Web site (http://www.epa.gov/region02/brownfields/) Grant Recipient: City of Trenton,NJ (609)989-3504 Objectives The objectives of Trenton's brownfields effort are to identify the problems, opportunities, and resources of Trenton's brownfields sites. This will be accomplished by integrating environmental, technical, and financial resources to develop a comprehensive strategy for site assessment, cleanup, and reuse. The Pilot intends to emphasize community training, education, and outreach to involve low-income, minority citizens in its brownfields effort. Trenton plans to foster an accelerated process of moving vacant/abandoned brownfields sites to community assets. The Brownfields Environmental Solutions for Trenton (BEST) Advisory Council will be used to evaluate the program. Activities The Pilot has: Begun environmental investigations at 15 abandoned United States Environmental Protection Agency Washington, DC 20450 Solid Waste and Emergency Response (5105T) EPA 500-F-97-039 May 97 ------- industrial sites, and completed Preliminary Assessment/Site Inspection (PA/SI) activities on the first four sites; and Created the Brownfields Environmental Solution for Trenton (BEST) Advisory Council, consisting of area professionals, to advise the City and its partners on redevelopment issues. The Pilot is: • Undertaking further intensive community outreach efforts in neighborhoods affected by brownfields, as in the case of the Magic Marker Plant, the City's largest brownfields site. With the help of community members, in-home presentations and education workshops at Rutgers University have been held; • Planning cleanup and reuse of one site as part of the development of a revolving funding mechanism for the cleanup ofbrownfield sites; • Performing environmentally-related market analyses to identify industries suitable for brownfields initiatives; and • Forming an Eco-Industrial Roundtable Discussion group for the Eco-Industrial program in Trenton. United States Environmental Protection Agency Washington, DC 20450 Solid Waste and Emergency Response (5105T) Experience with the Trenton Pilot has been a catalyst for related activities including the following. • Conducted cleanup, with the help of public and private dollars, and preparing several properties at the Crane site for redevelopment. A 12,000-square foot manufacturing plant is being constructed that will produce upscale candles. In addition, a turkey processing plant will begin construction shortly. A slaughterhouse will also be built within the next few years. The development of two more facilities is currently in the planning process. With these potential developments in place, this future reuse of the property is expected to result in several hundred new jobs, primarily construction, assembly line, foremen, and management jobs. • The former Champlale Warehouse will be converted into a food processing plant, with a retail outlet and cafe, and the Reservoir Street Site will be developed into an affordable housing project. • Working with Mercer County Community College and the Department of Environmental Protection to explore the potential for "green" job opportunities. • Partnerships with organizations such as Rutgers Center for Environmental Communication, NJDEP, and NJIT will provide the opportunity EPA 500-F-97-039 May 97 ------- for the evaluation of the success of project initiatives. 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 and Emergency Response (5105T) Solid Waste EPA 500-F-97-039 May 97 ------- w5 Brownfields 1995 Supplemental Assessment Pilot Fact Sheet City of Trenton, NJ EPA Brownfields Initiative 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. On January 11, 2002, President George W. Bush signed into law the Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act. Under the Brownfields Law, EPA provides financial assistance to eligible applicants through four competitive grant programs: assessment grants, revolving loan fund grants, cleanup grants, and job training grants. Additionally, funding support is provided to state and tribal response programs through a separate mechanism. Background EPA awarded the City of Trenton supplemental assistance for its Brownfields Assessment Demonstration Pilot and additional funding for assessments at brownfields properties to be used for greenspace purposes. Trenton (population 89,000), located in central New Jersey, was a prominent nineteenth-century manufacturing center. Initially producing flour and steel, the city later attracted manufacturers of other products such as paper, wood, cotton, bricks, and pottery. As its manufacturing industry declined, Trenton was left with a host of abandoned industrial buildings that pose potential environmental threats. Pilot Snapshot Date of Announcement: 03/01/2000 Amount: $150,000 $50,000 for Greenspace Profile: City of Trenton, NJ. The Pilot targets a number of sites throughout the city, including the Lenox site, the Roebling Complex, and sites along Assunpink Creek. Contacts For further information, including specific grant contacts, additional grant information, brownfields news and events, and publications and links, visit the EPA Brownfields Web site (http ://www .epa.gov/brownfields). EPA Region 2 Brownfields Team (212) 637-4309 EPA Region 2 Brownfields Web site (http://www.epa.gov/region02/brownfields/) Grant Recipient: City of Trenton,NJ (609)989-3603 Objectives Trenton will use the supplemental assistance to continue its brownfields efforts that focus on neighborhood revitalization and economic development. Trenton's goal is to identify the reuse potential of each brownfield site within the context of the larger neighborhood or economic strategy, work with the community to develop a more focused plan, and seek a developer who is willing to work within the community's vision. Trenton's aggressive redevelopment efforts follow the Master Land Use Plan, which was developed with significant community input. The Pilot will use the greenspace funding to target brownfield sites along the Assunpink Creek. The city would like to acquire, assess, and ultimately develop these sites into a greenway that will provide recreational, economic, and educational opportunities to the community. The city believes that creation of the United States c Environmental anri Fmpflpn™ EPA 500-F-00-053 nil- a ancl Emergency . __ Protection Agency Response (5105*0 Apr°° Washington, DC 20450 ^ v ' ------- greenway will revitalize surrounding industrial parks, thus creating jobs for Trenton residents, and will increase open space to help protect the watershed and prevent recurrent flooding problems. Additionally, the greenway will create a link between neighborhoods, places of work and recreation, and historic sites. To accomplish these objectives, the Pilot plans to: • Upgrade and maintain the Trenton brownfields database to prepare for integration into a planned statewide brownfields database; • Develop redevelopment plans for the remaining portion of the Roebling Steel and Wire Works • Create a national model for dealing with the revitalization of urban schools, as it impacts neighborhood development and economic opportunity at brownfield sites; • Engage in comprehensive planning for integrating redevelopment efforts, identifying appropriate locations for new public facilities, addressing ownership issues, performing site assessments, and involving the community; and • Conduct site assessments of the properties along Assunpink Creek, as part of the city's plan to develop the Assunpink Creek Greenway. The information presented in this fact sheet comes from the grant proposal; EPA cannot attest to the accuracy of this information. 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