Phoenix launches a Citywide food drive to assist residents experiencing food insecurity during the holidays.
Brownfields Land Recycling Program
The Phoenix Brownfields Land Recycling Program began in 1998 with funding from a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Brownfields Assessment grant. The grant funding was a catalyst for the creation of a permanent brownfields program in 2000. Phoenix has committed to brownfields redevelopment over the past 20+ years with technical and financial assistance. Through EPA grants and municipal capital improvement bond funding, the City has acquired and cleaned up brownfields and provided grant funding to private sector and nonprofit organizations for public infrastructure improvements and development fees. Since program creation in 1998, more than $352 million in private investment has restored more than 322 acres of previously contaminated land and created or maintained over 3,000 jobs. In addition, more than 30 sites have been redeveloped for public use.
What are Brownfields?
Brownfields is a term used to describe real estate that is contaminated or perceived to be contaminated by hazardous substances or petroleum in soil or groundwater. The complexity and cost of cleanup creates an obstacle to redevelopment or reuse of property. Brownfields examples include closed landfills, abandoned gas stations, old manufacturing facilities, and former dry-cleaning facilities. The cleanup and redevelopment of brownfields brings many economic development benefits to a community.
Program Goal
The goal of the program is to reduce obstacles and provide assistance for the redevelopment of brownfields in the city. The program is managed by the Office of Environmental Programs and has two components: 1) assistance to city departments for the redevelopment of contaminated sites for public use, and 2) assistance to the private sector for the redevelopment of sites that benefit the community by reducing environmental exposures, job creation, services, and revitalizing neighborhoods.
Brownfield Programs
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Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund
Learn about financial opportunities offered to companies and non-profits looking to redevelop brownfields within City limits.
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Brownfields to Healthfields
This program transforms brownfields through the reuse of these sites for food and healthcare assets.
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Rio Reimagined Project
The Rio Reimagined Project is a vision to revitalize the Rio Salado (Salt River), Aqua Fria and Gila Rivers and surrounding community.
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Brownfields General Obligation Bond
The General Obligation (GO) Bond Program was passed in 2023 by Phoenix voters to assist city departments with environmental assessment and cleanup.
Brownfields Resources
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Brownfields Program provides grants, technical assistance, and guidance on cleanup and redevelopment.
The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality Brownfields Program provides technical assistance and offers grants to qualified government agencies and nonprofits for environmental assessment and/or cleanup.
The Center for Creative Land Recycling provides education, technical assistance, and grant preparation for entities desiring to cleanup and redevelop brownfields.
The Del Rio Area Brownfields Land Use Plan (PDF) (en Español) outlines the community's vision for redevelopment of brownfield sites located in the area from Rio Salado south to Broadway Road, and between 7th avenue and 7th Street.