Creating Recreation Opportunities in Ranson
Transforming a foundry site into a new aquatic facility in Ranson, West Virginia
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Project Summary
Community: Ranson, West Virginia
Technical Assistance: Site Design
Former Use: Brass and Iron Foundry
Future Use: Aquatic/Recreation Facility
Since the early 2000s, the city of Ranson, WV has worked
with the community to develop plans for the productive
reuse of several brown field sites within a 1.5-mile
commerce corridor. One of those sites is the former Kidde
Brass Foundry site (now renamed Powhatan Place), which
operated for more than 100 years.
During that time, releases of lead and other contaminants
affected the surrounding commercial and residential
properties. The city has invested local, state and federal
resources to extensively assess, demolish and remediate
the site and make it shovel-ready for redevelopment.
The Community's Challenge
Economic conditions at the time of the city's EPA
Brownfields Area-Wide Planning grant (in 2010) prevented
the city from moving forward with redevelopment of the
Powhatan Place site. When the local market improved and
community interest changed, the city needed to align site
reuse scenario plans to reflect current economic
conditions and stakeholder interest in developing a portion
of the property as an aquatics and recreation facility,
EPA's Land Revitalization Technical Assistance
In 2018, EPA's Land Revitalization Program provided
contractor technical assistance to the city with conceptual
design and planning support for the redevelopment of
Powhatan Place and abutting brownfield properties. The
EPA contracting team prepared a Design Bulletin for the
proposed aquatic/recreation facility, an accompanying
Concept Plan, a guide for pre-approved residential units,
and planning-level construction costs. The design and
planning support built on the community's original site-
specific vision for reusing the former foundry while
contributing to the broader vision of transforming the
commerce corridor into a walkable, vibrant area capable of
supporting mixed-use development, with an emphasis on
sustainability and stormwater management.
The technical assistance that EPA provided will continue
the momentum of the brownfields area-wide planning
process for the Powhatan Place site and other brownfields
in the commerce corridor revitalization area.
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Proposed redevelopment plans for a recreation center at the
Powhatan Place site.
For more information, contact Stephanie Branche, EPA
Region 3 Brownfields Program, at
branche.stephanie@epa.gov.
United States
Environmental Protection
k Agency
Office of Brownfields and Land Revitalization
560-F-19-005-F

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