Land Reviialization Success Stories | EPA #560F20005
April 2020
Planning for Sustainable Brownfield Redevelopment
BUTTE, MONTANA - AUTO ROW REDEVELOPMENT
SITE STATISTICS
•	Community: Butte, Montana
•	EPA Regional Lead: Greg Davis, Davis.Greaorv@epa.gov
•	Site and Use: Infill and brownfields redevelopment on and around
Galena Street
•	Technical Assistance: Site Design
PROJECT BACKGROUND
Butte is a small community in Montana with a population of 33,853. Uptown
Butte has a very well-preserved historic district but has a high vacancy rate
in former historic office buildings and businesses, Recent residential
development is underway in some of these buildings,The city wants to
capitalize on the Opportunity Zone designation for Uptown Butte, encourage
redevelopment activities that will generate tax revenue, increase livability of
the area, and leverage assistance from the Montana State Petrofund.
PROJECT CHALLENGE
Figure I. One of the brownfields along Galena Street
available for cleanup and redevelopment.
Known as Auto Row because of several former automotive service
businesses, Galena Street in Uptown Butte has more than 10 brownfields,
The city desires to cleanup these sites, so the area can be transformed into
a walkable entertainment district that will complement the residential
redevelopment by bringing new amenities and services.
HOW EPA HELPED	
EPA's land revitalzation technical assistance support to the city included:
•	Coordinating a three-day visioning workshop with local city officials and key
stakeholders to develop project redevelopment goals and objectives.
•	Developing a site design for Auto Row to transform the segment of Galena
Street running through the heart of the Uptown district into a shared space
street. The street redesign will energize the area and appeal to those
looking for an active urban and walkable environment.
•	Coordination with the proposed Praxis Center (an adjacent private
redevelopment project).
COMMUNITY'S NEXT STEPS	
•	The U.S. EPA and Montana Department of Environmental Quality have
support to help conduct the environmental assessments and potential tank
removals along Auto Row. Coordinating these resources to understand the
extent of environmental concerns and potential cleanup will help the project
timing and infrastructure planning.
•	The city will coordinate with the Praxis Center to enhance the design to
create the space that the community envisions for Auto Row,
•	The city will work on interim site activation to bring attention to the project
vision and build community support, Examples include placing potted
greenery or signage along the corridor, closing the street down for festivals
to bring the community to the project site, or even setting up a pop-up park
or plaza activity.
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Figure 3: Photo realistic rendering for the
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Figure 2. Conceptual Plan for Auto Row,

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