Brownfields Showcase Community Locations

Since the Baltimore Brownfields Initiative began, more than 30 sites have been assessed through federal, state, local, and private partnerships. These partners have committed significant resources to brownfields redevelopment, including an $11.5 million private investment to convert brownfields into an industrial center.

Fact Sheet
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Publication Number: EPA-F-98-253
November 1998

Cape Charles/Northampton County, VA

Cape Charles/Northampton County, VA's success in creating the nation's first eco-industrial park serves as a powerful example of how a small, impoverished rural community can bring economic opportunity to its citizens through brownfields cleanup and redevelopment.

Fact Sheet
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Publication Number: EPA 560-F-04-250
August 2004

Chicago, IL

Through its efforts to return the city's abandoned or underused properties to productive use, the Chicago Brownfields Initiative has leveraged $57.6 million from federal and other sources. 26 sites are currently targeted under the Initiative.

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Publication Number: EPA-500-F-98-254
November 1998

Dallas, TX

In just over two years, the Dallas Brownfields Program has leveraged more than $109 million in private investments and $1.9 million in federal funds to facilitate brownfields redevelopment. The program has helped create more than 1,700 current/anticipated jobs and reclaim more than 1,200 acres of brownfields.

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Publication Number: EPA-F-98-255
November 1998

Denver, CO

Denver, CO is expanding its successful brownfields redevelopment strategy into three of the city's low-income neighborhoods that have large minority populations and are heavily impacted by industrial uses.

Fact Sheet
Publication Number: EPA-F-00-226
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October 2000

Des Moines, IA

Des Moines, IA's impressive coalition of public and private entities focusing on brownfields redevelopment has enabled the city to make progress in creating a more livable community through preserving farmland, creating jobs, and increasing the tax base.

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Publication Number: EPA-500-F-00-225
October 2000

East Palo Alto, CA

East Palo Alto is an historically agricultural community with an ethnically diverse population of approximately 25,000. Restoration of the 130-acre Ravenswood Industrial Area, a city-designated brownfields site, will provide space for high-tech industry employing nearly 4,000 workers.

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Publication Number: EPA-500-F-98-256
November 1998

Eastward Ho!, FL

The Eastward Ho! Brownfields Partnership is a regional collaboration focusing on shared environmental restoration and urban revitalization efforts. The new partnership will work to revitalize southeast Florida's historic urban core, thereby alleviating pressures on the imperiled Everglades.

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Publication Number: EPA-500-F-98-257
November 1998

Gila River Indian Community, AZ

Gila River Indian Community, AZ, a small federally recognized tribe located adjacent to Phoenix and its sprawling growth, is tackling its need for jobs and affordable housing through brownfields cleanup and redevelopment, which includes a closed military base.

Fact Sheet
Publication Number: EPA-500-F-00-227
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October 2000

Glen Cove, NY

The City of Glen Cove seeks to redevelop 146 acres of underused, often contaminated brownfields along the city's waterfront district. Attracting new businesses to these restored sites is expected to create 1,700 full-time jobs and more than $200 million in annual sales.

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Publication Number: EPA-500-F-98-258
November 1998

Houston, TX

Houston, TX is using its brownfields program to redevelop city core properties and deal with sprawling urban expansion.

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Publication Number: EPA-500-F-00-224
October 2000

Jackson, MS

Jackson, MS is revitalizing its downtown and preserving its heritage by cleaning up and redeveloping sites in the city's historic district-the oldest post-emancipation African-American residential and commercial area intact today.

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Publication Number: EPA-500-F-00-221
October 2000

Kansas City, KS & MO

Kansas City will build upon the work of their Brownfields Initiative, a coalition of community, industry, and federal and local government representatives committed to redevelopment of the bi-state Central Industrial District. Among the city's redevelopment projects is a $234 million restoration of historic Union Station.

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Publication Number: EPA-500-F-98-259
November 1998

Los Angeles, CA

The Los Angeles Brownfields Program created an interdepartmental team of city staff with federal support from EPA to identify sites and coordinate resources. Two case study sites have been identified, and $8 million in state funding leveraged for cleanup.

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Publication Number: EPA-500-F-98-260
November 1998

Lowell, MA

With almost no vacant land available for development, Lowell has targeted 17 brownfields sites. Lowell's redevelopment efforts have leveraged more than $100 million in funding. One brownfields property is now home to a $30 million sports arena and a $12 million baseball stadium.

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Publication Number: EPA-500-F-98-261
November 1998

Metlakatla Indian Community, AK

Metlakatla Indian Community, AK, the remotely located home of the Metlakatla Indian Community, is a federally designated Enterprise Community that is promoting sustainable economic development through brownfields cleanup and redevelopment while restoring and protecting the Community's natural resources.

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Publication Number: EPA-500-F-00-228
October 2000

Milwaukee, WI

Milwaukee, WI is targeting the redevelopment of "mothballed," privately owned idled brownfields properties in the Menomonee Valley, using a new state statute that strengthens cities' bargaining power in negotiations with private property owners.

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Publication Number: EPA-500-F-00-222
October 2000

Mystic Valley Development Commission, MA

Mystic Valley Development Commission, MA (Cities of Everett, Malden, and Medford) has joined three cities working on "Telecom City"-a regional technology development project aiming to move the three communities into the new economy.

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Publication Number: EPA-500-F-00-217
October 2000

New Bedford, MA

New Bedford, MA has created a successful brownfields program that provides a model for older port cities trying to clean up and revitalize their community.

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Publication Number: EPA-500-F00-218
October 2000

Niagara Region, NY

Niagara Region, NY includes the Cities of Buffalo and Niagara Falls and the Counties of Niagara and Erie, forming a unique regional collaboration to reverse declining economic conditions through brownfields cleanup and redevelopment with a focus on the Niagara Region's role as an international portal.

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Publication Number: EPA-500-F-00-219
October 2000

Portland, OR

Portland has more than 1,000 brownfields properties dispersed throughout the city. Since 1994, public and private partnerships have cleaned up and recycled hundreds of acres of contaminated property and created thousands of jobs, while promoting brownfields redevelopment, pollution prevention, and greenspace protection.

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Publication Number: EPA-500-F-98-262
November 1998

State of Rhode Island

Rhode Island's Greenway Project plans to restore greenspace and stimulate economic reinvestment along the Woonasquatucket River Corridor. $4.3 million has been leveraged from the city of Providence and the state for this project, which will create a 4.4-mile greenway and bike path along the river.

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Publication Number: EPA-500-F-98-263
November 1998

St. Louis, MO/East St. Louis, IL

St. Louis, MO/East St. Louis, IL are working to help foster bistate and bicity collaboration and revitalize the region through brownfields cleanup and redevelopment.

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Publication Number: EPA-500-F-00-223
October 2000

St. Paul, MN

The St. Paul Port Authority utilizes a proven development process to transform the city's brownfields into new buildings and guaranteed jobs. Based on earlier successes, St. Paul expects that redevelopment of the city's 1,000 acres of brownfields will create as many as 13,000 new jobs and $25 million in annual property tax revenues.

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Publication Number: EPA-500-F-98-267
November 1998

Salt Lake City, UT

Salt Lake City's Gateway Revitalization Initiative will restore the 650-acre, blighted industrial district that divides the east and west sides of the city. Current redevelopment projects within the Gateway include a $14 million, 5-acre housing and retail center, and a $15 million transportation hub for bus, railroad, and light rail activity.

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Publication Number: EPA-500-F-98-264
November 1998

Seattle/King County, WA

Seattle is focusing on solutions which address barriers to the cleanup and redevelopment of the 8,500-acre Duwamish industrial corridor, which contains more than 200 contaminated properties. The city, King County, and other partners are implementing a broad range of innovative projects to overcome redevelopment hurdles.

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Publication Number: EPA-500-F-98-265
November 1998

Stamford, CT

Stamford plans to reclaim the harbor area as an economic and recreational resource, and revitalize the city's two poorest neighborhoods. Redevelopment of three brownfields will leverage $370 million in private investment, and create 600 construction and 1,300 permanent jobs.

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Publication Number: EPA-500-F-98-266
November 1998

White House Press Release
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March 16, 1998

Trenton, NJ

Trenton targets more than 30 city brownfields with promising reuse potential. The city has already redeveloped or cleaned more than 30 brownfields, covering nearly 100 acres. One of these properties has leveraged an estimated $90 million to create a new shopping center, an office complex, and more than 400 jobs.

Fact Sheet
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Publication Number: EPA-500-F-98-268
November 1998