 BROWNFIELDS GRANT PROGRAM
 In
2010, the City of Arlington was awarded $400,000 in grant funding
from the EPA to conduct community wide Brownfields site assessments
over the next three years. $200,000 is reserved for Hazardous
Substances Assessments and $200,000 is reserved for Petroleum
Assessments. This is the second Brownfield Grant awarded by the EPA
to the City of Arlington. In the 2006 grant program cycle, 36
properties received funding for environmental assessments.
As defined by EPA, a Brownfield is “real property, the
expansion, redevelopment or reuse of which may be complicated by the
presence or potential presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant
or contaminant.”
The City recognizes that Brownfields redevelopment, along with
sustainable development, is essential to the economic vitality of
Arlington. As such, the grant funding will be used not only to
conduct petroleum and hazardous substance assessments, but also to
create a comprehensive site cleanup and redevelopment plan for
identified problem areas.
Learn more about Brownfields and
where they exist
Learn how you could benefit
from the City's Brownfields Program
Searching for Brownfield Properties
Search for potential Brownfield properties using the City's online Brownfields Database or ArcIMS MultiService Viewer. The purchaser or developer can qualify for the program with a completed access agreement from the property owner. Priority will be given to properties with the greatest potential for improvement and the most evident community benefits. (Sites must be located within Arlington city limits.)
Click here to view the Training Manual for the ArcIMS MultiService
Viewer. Once the map application is open, you will need to add
"Planning" under the Map Services feature in order to view the
“Brownfields” layer. You can use the Identify tool (located above
the map) when the "Brownfields" layer is selected as your active
layer to access the link to the property's record in the online
Brownfields Database.
Please note that the inclusion of a property within the Brownfields
layer in ArcIMS or in the online Brownfields Database does not
necessarily mean that the property is contaminated. It simply
identifies a past use that had the potential to cause contamination
or it is making available to the public an environmental assessment
report that the City conducted on the site.
Target Areas
Although this is a
citywide process, specific regions of Arlington will serve as
target areas.
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Areas targeted for
petroleum assessments: Central Arlington and East
Arlington |
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Areas targeted
for hazardous substances assessments: Central
Arlington, East Arlington, Great Southwest Industrial
district, and South Arlington |
The City welcomes
input from citizens and other interested groups. If you
would like to be involved in this project or simply kept updated
on its progress, please send an e-mail to
PlanningDevelopment@arlingtontx.gov with your name and
contact information.
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