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Brownfields
With an EPA brownfields investment of $58,400, the QuikTrip on Rutherford Street yielded an additional $4 million in capital improvements and 20 full-time jobs.
Why Brownfields?
Jobs, quality of life, and the variety of services available in our community are positively impacted when we identify and address Brownfields. Brownfields are properties where the expansion, redevelopment, or reuse may be complicated by the presence or potential presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant. Assessing, cleaning up, and reinvesting in these properties protects the environment and community health, reduces blight, and takes development pressures off undeveloped woodlands and farms outside the city.
What You Can Do
- Stay informed: The Community Connections monthly newsletter provides updates about the City's brownfields program. Subscribe to the newsletter.
- Partner with us: Federal brownfields funding is awarded via a competitive grant process. To be successful, we need your letters of support, list of sites to be assessed, and workforce training and hiring needs.
- Tell us what you think: Do you have questions about a possible brownfield in your neighborhood? Do you have a suggestion or comment to share about the Brownfields project? Your questions and comments will help us make the best use of the opportunities provided by this grant. For more information, contact Monique Mattison or Ginny Stroud by phone at 864-467-4570 or email mmattison@greenvillesc.gov,gstroud@greenvillesc.gov
Carolina High School Brownfields Outreach Project
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Rosa Byrd shared the history of Mayberry Park, a brownfield in the city.
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City staff shared future park plans on the brownfield site.
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City engineers explained the LID parking lot at A.J. Whittenberg Elementary School and the Kroc Center.
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Environmental science classes tour Lake Conestee Nature Park, which is a brownfield site.
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Students review a historical aerial map of Lake Conestee Nature Park.
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The classes were excited about collecting soil and water samples.
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Students observe plants and animals in their natural habitat.
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The group enjoyed observing the park on one of the different learning docking stations located through Lake Conestee Nature Park.
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The students collected water and soil samples from the Reedy River.
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Students eagerly presented their report during the Brownfields Taskforce meeting.
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Students from the environmental science classes were selected to present their Brownfield projects.