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Brownfields Success Stories
Revitalization for Downtown Dallas as Idle Properties are Returned to Use
A redevelopment boom is bringing life back to Dallas. The city's residents are enjoying a new recreation center, and looking forward to a housing and shopping development, an environmental training and technology center, more than a thousand new jobs, and a new look for downtown Dallas. As a result of a $200,000 EPA Brownfields Pilot grant in September 1995, more than $550 million in public and private funding has been leveraged toward cleanup and redevelopment of these blighted areas in Dallas. More than 900 jobs have been created through brownfields cleanup and redevelopment efforts.
Examples include a 2.64-acre vacant lot located in a low-income residential
community that is now home to a recreation center, thanks to $1 million
in private funding and $500,000 in Community Development Block Grant
funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, following
Pilot assessments. A 22-acre property formerly home to motor freight
and transportation facilities underwent a $2 million, privately-funded
cleanup and his now home to a $35.3 million, multi-family housing and
shopping development. These and other examples of the Dallas Brownfields
program's successes can be attributed to the city's strong sense of
community involvement. When a site targeted for redevelopment lies close
to a residential 
neighborhood, Dallas requires the developer to meet with the community
to discuss the project's impact and determine cleanup strategies. The
"Dallas Brownfields Forum" has more than 100 representatives from all
parts of the community, including business, banking, and private citizens.
For more information on the Dallas Brownfields Pilot, contact Stan Hitt
of EPA Region 6 at (214) 665-6736, or Marilyn Avinger with the City
of Dallas at (214) 670-5092.