This agreement will provide funding for city of yuma to inventory, characterize, assess, and conduct cleanup planning and community involvement related activities for brownfield sites in the old…

This Cooperative Agreement award of $600,000 from the Environmental Protection Agency Region 9 provides funding for the City of Yuma, Arizona to conduct brownfield site assessment, cleanup planning, and community involvement activities in the Old Town South area. The work directly supports the objectives of the EPA's Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.818) by addressing at least six catalyst brownfield sites that have been identified for assessment and future redevelopment as part of a multi-university campus project. Specific deliverables under the three-year award period include community engagement efforts, completion of environmental site assessments, analysis of cleanup alternatives, and development of cleanup and redevelopment plans. The intended outcomes are revitalization of downtown Yuma and surrounding areas through the redevelopment of contaminated and blighted properties in the target area.

This agreement will provide funding for city of yuma to inventory, characterize, assess, and conduct cleanup planning and community involvement related activities for brownfield sites in the old town south area of the city of yuma arizona. The city of yuma, AZ has formed a coalition with yuma county and yuma crossing national heritage area corporation to focus on revitalization of a largely vacant brownfield area at old town south. The contaminated and blighted target area is located across from yuma city hall and next to the downtown. Activities include community engagement, the completion of environmental site assessments, analysis of brownfields cleanup alternatives, and cleanup and reuse/redevelopment plans. The coalition has identified at least six catalyst sites in need of assessment in the target area to support redevelopment of the multiversity campus, which will support post-high school academic schooling for city residents. Outcomes include revitalizing downtown for the benef