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Success Stories
The City of Tucson was awarded a Brownfields Economic Redevelopment Initiative grant (Pilot grant) in May 1997 which served as the foundation for the City’s highly-successful Brownfields Program. The Brownfields Economic Redevelopment Initiative was designed to empower states, communities, and other stakeholders in economic redevelopment to work together in a timely manner to prevent, assess, safely cleanup, and sustainably reuse Brownfields.
The accomplishments completed using Pilot grant funding have included:
§ Completed a regulatory database search, conducted a search of the county assessor's records of all properties in the Pilot area, collected available historic records, and completed the database for the initial Pilot project area.
§ Conducted community outreach efforts, including creation of a Pilot brochure, preparation of a newsletter, and gathering stakeholder views on redevelopment of the Warehouse Arts District and Rio Nuevo South sites.
§ Completed eleven Phase I Environmental Site Assessments (ESA), with two in process, and completed one Phase II ESA, with another in process.
Experience with the Tucson Pilot has been a catalyst for related activities, including the following:
§ Redevelopment activities have been completed or are underway at many sites throughout the Rio Nuevo District.
§ The City is an integral part of the Arizona Municipality Team assisting in Brownfields policy development and increasing the number of Brownfields programs in Arizona.
§ The City received the prestigious Phoenix Award for 2004 in EPA Region 9 for the Rio Nuevo North Redevelopment Project.
§ The City has been an active participant and presenter at many Brownfields-related conferences and seminars including the National Brownfields Conference, EPA Tri-Regional Brownfields Conference, National Brownfields Job Training Conference, City of Phoenix Brownfields University, and many others.
Read about the EPA announcement of this grant at http://www.epa.gov/swerosps/bf/html-doc/atucson.htm
Brownfields Economic Redevelopment Initiative grant (Pilot grant)
The City of Tucson was awarded a Brownfields Economic Redevelopment Initiative grant (Pilot grant) in May 1997. This grant served as the foundation for the City’s highly-successful Brownfields Program. The Brownfields Economic Redevelopment Initiative was designed to empower states, communities, and other stakeholders in economic redevelopment to work together in a timely manner to prevent, assess, safely cleanup, and sustainably reuse Brownfields.
The accomplishments completed using Pilot grant funding have included:
§ Completed a regulatory database search, conducted a search of the county assessor's records of all properties in the Pilot area, collected available historic records, and completed the database for the initial Pilot project area.
§ Conducted community outreach efforts, including creation of a Pilot brochure, preparation of a newsletter, and gathering stakeholder views on redevelopment of the Warehouse Arts District and Rio Nuevo South sites.
§ Completed Phase I and Phase II Environmental Sites Assessments in the Warehouse Arts District.
§ Redevelopment activities have been completed or are underway at many sites throughout the Rio Nuevo District.
§ The City is an integral part of the Arizona Municipality Team assisting in Brownfields policy development and increasing the number of Brownfields programs in Arizona.
§ The City received the prestigious Phoenix Award for 2004 in EPA Region 9 for the Rio Nuevo North Redevelopment Project.
§ The City has been an active participant and presenter at many Brownfields-related conferences and seminars including the National Brownfields Conference, EPA Tri-Regional Brownfields Conference, National Brownfields Job Training Conference, City of Phoenix Brownfields University, and many others.
In 2003, the City received a $73,500 grant to complete Phase I and Phase II Environmental Site Assessments (ESA) at the Greyhound Bus Terminal in downtown Tucson.
Read more about the Greyhound Brownfields
Site Assessment Grant
Flint Oil and Citizens Auto Stage
The City of Tucson received a $200,000 Brownfields grant to perform Phase I and Phase II Environmental Site Assessments at the Flint Oil and Citizens Auto Stage sites. Flint Oil is a petroleum storage and distribution facility located at 527 W. Simpson Street. Petroleum hydrocarbon impacts to the Citizen Auto Stage site’s soil and groundwater are a concern due to the historic use as a bus and truck maintenance and fueling facility.
Read more about the Flint Oil and Citizens Auto Stage
Brownfields Site Assessment Grant
The City of Tucson received a $200,000 Brownfields Cleanup grant to remediate gasoline-contaminated soil at this former warehouse located within Tucson’s Historic Warehouse Arts District.
Read more about the 35 E. Toole Avenue Brownfields
Cleanup Grant
Community-Wide Assessment Grants
The City of Tucson received two Brownfields Community-Wide Assessment grants of $200,000 each. One grant will be used to assess petroleum products and one grant will be used to assess hazardous substances.