Brownfields 101
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The document summarizes Pulaski County's brownfields program timeline and activities. It received an EPA brownfields pilot grant in 2000, an assessment grant in 2004, and a revolving loan fund in 2005. The program works to identify and redevelop contaminated properties, creating jobs and increasing property values while protecting the environment. It provides resources and acts as a liaison between the public and government to encourage environmental, economic, and community development.
Brownfields 101
- 2. BROWNFIELD S TIMELINE 2000 EPA Brownfields Pilot Grant 2004 EPA Assessment Grant 2005 EPA Revolving Loan Fund (RLF)
- 5. Brownfields are real properties; the expansion, redevelopment, or reuse of which may be complicated by the presence or potential presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant.
- 7. Cleaning up and reinvesting in these properties protects the environment, reduces blight, and takes development pressures off green spaces and working lands. Photo: Heifer Village, Phase I Assessment
- 8. 7.75 Jobs Projects Increases leveraged property Leverage $18.68 per value from d per EPA dollar 500K to $100K expended 1.5 Million in • Based on 2008 fiscal data • Based on 2008 EPA Brownfields Program ACRES database one mile radius • Based on EPA Brownfields Program funded study
- 9. Buildable land with infrastructure and entitlements in urban areas is in short supply. Located in highly desirable urban infill areas, brownfields are far cheaper than comparable non-polluted properties Photo: Dickey-Stephens Ballpark, Phase I Assessment
- 11. Due Diligence Pulaski Co. Brownfields Program Eligible Enrolled with ADEQ
- 12. Revolving Loan Fund Program Administrative Community Support Outreach
- 13. What We Do
- 14. Working throughout the community forming partnerships with economic developers to identify all potential brownfield redevelopment projects in Pulaski County. Photo: The Enclave, Phase I Assessment
- 15. Bridging the gap between what the resources are and how to access them; and operating as a centralized point of contact between the public and the government to ensure education, economics and environmentalism work together.
- 16. Who We Are
- 17. Pulaski County Brownfields Program County Judge Buddy Villines Advisory Board NLR Economic Downtown Partnership Development City of Little Rock Pulaski County Regions Bank Brownfields NLR Planning Green Building Council Ecologic Inc. Land Recycling Co. UA Cooperative Main Street Argenta Extension L. Paige, URS Corporation Southern Financial ADEQ Public Works Director of Audubon Arkansas Department of Health Community Services Army Corps of Engineers Sam O’Bryant, Josh Fout, Brownfields Brownfields Program Administrator Marketing Specialist
- 18. It is my belief that a successful Brownfield redevelopment program is a significant part of governing in an urban setting. We are in an era where 80 percent of the people in our county live in the cities and towns. Our challenge then, is to provide space for ourselves and our children to experience the green earth in an urban setting; and aggressively seek the ways and means to build our future with sensitivity to past Judge Floyd G. “Buddy” Villines
- 19. EPA’s Brownfields Website www.epa.gov/brownfields/ EPA’s Region 6 Brownfields Website www.epa.gov/region6/brownfields 214.665.3172 Pulaski County Brownfields Office 501-340-6157 brownfields@co.pulaski.ar.us facebook.com/pucobrownfields