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EPA awards $500,000 to Brighton, Colorado, to clean up and revitalize downtown
properties?
Funding will be used to address contamination at former warehouse, grain
elevator, canning factory, petroleum sites and other abandoned
properties??
Brighton, Colo. (June 9, 2023) – Today, at an event in downtown Brighton,
Colorado, representatives from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
joined city officials and local leaders to announce a $500,000 Brownfields
Assessment grant for the city. 
The purpose of the EPA funding is to conduct environmental site assessments,
develop cleanup plans, and conduct community outreach activities at
contaminated properties in the Brighton’s downtown core. Brighton will use
the EPA grant to address priority sites with redevelopment potential,
including a warehouse and former grain elevator destroyed by fires and an
abandoned cannery and warehouse.?? 
“The City of Brighton has put together a comprehensive plan to strategically
assess, clean up and redevelop downtown properties to contribute to the future
health and vitality of the community,” said EPA Regional Administrator KC
Becker. “We look forward to seeing these projects address contamination
concerns at sites and pave the way for their productive reuse.”? 
“I’m looking forward to the impact this funding will have on
Brighton,” said Congresswoman Yadira Caraveo. “Not only will it
jumpstart existing local businesses, it will help keep our community safe and
healthy. Better yet, by investing in this revitalization now, we can continue
to attract businesses who will serve Brighton and boost our local economy for
years to come.” 
Sites prioritized for assessment and cleanup include the former Tortilleria
Cuauhtemoc, the Brighton Grain Elevator, the Midland Cereal Building, the
Wilmore Canning Factory (The Cannery), Petroleum Wholesale Inc., and other
properties in the downtown area. Most targeted properties are adjacent to the
railroad, resulting in persistent concerns about arsenic and other potential
contaminants, including heavy metals, asbestos, polycyclic aromatic
hydrocarbons, dioxins and furans, polychlorinated biphenyls, polyfluorinated
compounds and petroleum compounds.?? 
"The City is excited to be awarded this grant as it will be used to assist
property owners in formulating plans to repurpose underutilized sites in
Brighton," said Mayor Gregory Mills. "We feel this grant will help us
attract more employment, tourism, retail options and investment in core areas
of the City. We are grateful to the EPA for investing in Brighton's bright
future."? 
Revitalization plans for these properties include new housing, mixed-use
development, industrial space, marketplaces, restaurants, breweries, community
gathering and event spaces, and artisan locations.? 
EPA’s award to the City of Brighton is among seven Brownfields grants
totaling more than $5 million for cleanup and revitalization projects in
communities across Colorado. Other grantees are receiving funds for projects
in Buena Vista, Pueblo, Silverton, San Luis, San Miguel County and
Trinidad.? 
Background 
Thanks to the historic $1.5 billion boost from President Biden’s Bipartisan
Infrastructure Law, EPA’s Brownfields Program is helping more communities
than ever begin to address the economic, social and environmental challenges
caused by brownfields and stimulate economic opportunity and environmental
revitalization in historically overburdened communities.  
EPA’s Brownfields Program also advances President Biden’s Justice40
Initiative to direct 40% of the overall benefits of certain federal
investments to disadvantaged communities. Approximately 84% of the MARC
program applications selected to receive funding proposed to work in areas
that include historically underserved communities. 
EPA’s Brownfields Program began in 1995 and has provided nearly $2.37
billion in Brownfield Grants to assess and clean up contaminated properties
and return blighted properties to productive reuse. EPA’s investments in
addressing brownfield sites have leveraged more than $36 billion in cleanup
and redevelopment. Communities that previously received Brownfields Grants
used these resources to fund assessments and cleanups of brownfields, and
successfully leverage an average of 10.6 jobs per $100,000 of grant funds
spent and $19.78 for every dollar. 
More on Brownfields Grants.  
More on EPA’s Brownfields Program. 
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