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Darke
County Economic Development
Brownfield
Open House & Presentation
The City of Union City (City) would like to invite you to a Brownfields
Presentation and Open House on December 6, 2012 at 2:00 P.M. at the
Community Room located at 105 N. Columbia Street, Union City,
Indiana. The goal of this meeting is to acquaint all
interested citizens, organizations, and other stakeholders in Randolph
County, Indiana and Darke County, Ohio with our new brownfields
redevelopment initiative funded by a U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) brownfields redevelopment grant
What is a Brownfield?
EPA defines a “Brownfield" as meaning 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.
An example of a potential brownfield that may have existed in the
Darke/Randolph County area at one time is a foundry, automobile repair
service center, machine shop, dry cleaners, buildings with asbestos,
unlicensed dump, or any other use that involved the storage and use of
chemicals which may have resulting in environmental impact to the site.
Purpose of Meeting
The EPA grant funds are available for environmental assessment of
eligible brownfields. Our first task is to identify as many
brownfields in the Darke/Randolph County area as possible, then
identify priority sites for environmental assessments to be funded with
grant money. To that end, we invite all participants at the
December 6 meeting to bring a list of known or suspected brownfields in
the Darke/Randolph County area. Additional information about
the history, use, contamination, and other pertinent issues related to
the sites will be appreciated.
Assessment Grant Background Information
The U.S. EPA has awarded the City of Union City, Indiana; Randolph
County, Indiana; Village of Union City, Ohio; and Darke County, Ohio
(Coalition) a $600,000 Environmental Assessment Grant to help identify,
characterize and prepare brownfields for redevelopment. The
Coalition plans to use the grant to develop an inventory of brownfields
within the Communities, then perform environmental assessments on
priority sites to identify issues of concern and help prepare them for
sale and/or redevelopment. Grant money will be available to
assist with site assessments for environmental due diligence and reuse
planning at properties where a committed developer and redevelopment
plan have been identified.
U.S. EPA Assessment Grants provide funding for a grant recipient to
inventory, characterize, assess, and conduct planning and community
involvement related to brownfields. The Coalition
successfully applied for a hazardous substances and petroleum coalition
grant in 2011 and was awarded the grant in 2012.
The agenda for December 6th includes a short presentation on
brownfields and the Coalition program, and time for
questions. Please bring your ideas as well as information
regarding potential brownfields. We are looking forward to
seeing you all there!
What: Brownfield’s Open House/Presentation
Date: December 6, 2012
Time: 2:00 P.M.
Place: Union City Indiana City Hall
105 N. Columbia Street
Union City, Indiana 47390
R.S.V.P to Monte Poling, city manager at 765-964-6534 or by email at
citymgruc@yahoo.com
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