Region 3's Brownfields Success Stories

Region 3's Brownfields Success Stories highlight the accomplishments of EPA Brownfields grantees in the Mid-Atlantic Region. These accomplishments include transforming brownfields into thriving new centers of commerce and industry; creating jobs through cleanup and reuse; formatting innovative partnerships among federal, state, and local governments and private-sector stakeholders such as developers and lenders; training residents of brownfields communities for high-wage environmental careers; and countless other examples of how brownfields restoration has positively impacted local economies and the quality of life for neighboring communities. Please note that the examples below are a sampling of Brownfields success stories. This list is not intended to be a full inventory of all Brownfields projects.

Success Story Name	Date	City/ County	State	Grant Type	Keywords
Richmond, VA: Cheers to a Revitalized Neighborhood (pdf) (118.13 KB)	2019	Richmond	Va.	Assessment	3
From Glass to Green Jeannette, Pennsylvania (pdf) (725.21 KB, 2019)	2019	Westmoreland	Pa.	Assessment	3
Roanoke Railway to Reuse Roanoke, Virginia (pdf) (435.14 KB)	2018	Roanoke	Va.	Cleanup	3
Revitalizing Rural Virginia Pulaski, Virginia (pdf) (403.03 KB)	2018	Pulaski	Va.	Assessment	3
Empowered by Innovation Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (pdf) (556.28 KB)	2018	Philadelphia	Pa.	Revolving Loan Fund	3
Carlisle Goes Vertical Carlisle, Pennsylvania (pdf) (708.7 KB)	2018	Carlisle	Pa.	Assessment	3
Ambler, PA: Repowering a Historic Landmark (pdf) (739.07 KB)	2017	Ambler	Pa.	Revolving Loan Fund	3
The Past Is Prologue for Taylor Colliery (pdf) (116.82 KB)	2017	Taylor Borough	Pa.	Cleanup	3
Roanoke, VA: A Renovated Building Gets Back to Its Roots (pdf) (108.15 KB)	2017	Roanoke	Va.	Assessment	3
Weirton, WV: From Abandoned School to Main Event (pdf) (130.54 KB)	2017	Weirton	W. Va.	Cleanup	3
Former Football Field Scores a Victory at Home (pdf) (148.25 KB)	2017	Newell	W. Va.	Assessment	3
Weirton, WV: A Former Coal Mine Springs to Life (pdf) (102.45 KB)	2017	Weirton	W. Va.	Cleanup	3
Norristown, PA: Redevelopment Gets Fired Up (pdf) (303.96 KB)	2017	Norristown	Pa.	Cleanup	3
Roanoke, VA: Giving Credit Where It’s Due (pdf) (108.1 KB)	2017	Roanoke	Va.	Cleanup	3
Pittsburgh, PA: Luxury Living with an Industrial Legacy (pdf) (81.43 KB)	2017	Pittsburgh	Pa.	Cleanup	3
Beech Bottom, WV: Forging a New Future in Steel Country (pdf) (149.21 KB)	2017	Beech Bottom	W. Va.	Cleanup	3
A Local Manufacturing Expansion Takes Flight (pdf) (96.45 KB)	2017	Wellsburg	W. Va.	Cleanup	3
Chester, WV: Dishing Up a New Business Park (pdf) (106.62 KB)	2017	Chester	W. Va.	Cleanup	3
A Successful Transformation: From Wasted Lot to Reading Hot‐Spot (pdf) (476.04 KB)	2012	Shepherdstown	W. Va.	Cleanup
A Successful Transformation: Slate Belt YMCA (pdf) (324.36 KB)	2010, 2012	Pen Argyl	Pa.	Assessment, Targeted Brownfields Assessment
Ranson and Charles Town, WV: A Tale of Two Cities (pdf) (1.72 MB)	2014	Ranson and Charles Town	W. Va.	Assessment
Assessment Grant Opens the Door for Redevelopment (pdf) (249.26 KB)	2012	Johnstown	Pa.	Assessment
Brownfields Revitalization Transforms the Lower Schuylkill (pdf) (608.87 KB)	2012	Philadelphia	Pa.	Cleanup
Civic Works' Baltimore Center for Green Careers (pdf) (378.39 KB)	2012	Baltimore	Md.	Job Training
Reclaiming Abandoned Mine Lands One Parcel at a Time (pdf) (3.49 MB)	2015	Luzerne County	Pa.	Cleanup
Yorklyn, DE: Clean Water Funds Brownfield Redevelopment (pdf) (262.06 KB, 2019)	2019	Yorklyn	Del.	Revolving Loan Fund
The Boat House at City Point (pdf) (572.27 KB, 2019)	2019	Hopewell	Va.	Assessment
Brownfield to Brewery: DNREC delivers a win-win in Delaware (pdf) (189.81 KB)	2019	Wilmington	Del.	Assessment, Targeted Brownfields Assessment
Waterfront Revitalization: From Industrial to Resilient Norfolk, Virginia (pdf) (577.9 KB, 2020)	2020	Norfolk	Va.	Assessment, Targeted Brownfields Assessment
Former Refractory Site Transformed for Transloading (pdf) (1.98 MB, September 2020)	2020	New Castle	Pa.	Assessment
Turning a Steel Mill Brownfield into Hope Steelton, PA (pdf) (1.25 MB, October 2020)	2020	Steelton	Pa.	Assessment
Former Alcoa Research Park New Kensington, PA (pdf) (329.66 KB, November 2020)	2020	New Kensington	Pa.	Assessment
Homewood Senior Housing & Café Homewood Ave, Pittsburgh, PA. (pdf) (463.45 KB, November 2020)	2020	Pittsburgh	Pa.	Assessment
Lawrenceville’s Foundry Willow St. /Lawrenceville, Pittsburgh, PA. (pdf) (368.71 KB, November 2020)	2020	Lawrenceville/Pittsburg	Pa.	Assessment
Shell Distribution Facility McKees Rocks/Stowe, PA. (pdf) (660.23 KB, November 2020)	2020	McKees Rocks/Stowe	Pa.	Assessment
Integrating Environmental Workforce Development and Brownfields Cleanup Coalfield Development Corporation (Wayne, West Virginia) (pdf) (591.15 KB, March 29, 2021)	2021	Wayne	W. Va.	Job Training, Cleanup
Piecing Together the Former Shenango Pottery Facility New Castle, Pennsylvania (pdf) (360.03 KB, May 2021)	2021	New Castle	Pa.	Assessment
The Reinvention of Martinsville VA (pdf) (634.13 KB, December 2022)	2022	Martinsville	Va.	Assessment
‘Erie’ Assessments in Two Abandoned Facilities Erie County, Pennsylvania (pdf) (511.92 KB, December 2022)	2022	Erie County	Pa.	Assessment
A Tasteful Redevelopment for a Former Gas Station Northampton County, Virginia (pdf) (416.27 KB, December 2022)	2022	Northampton County	Va.	Assessment