The Kit Carson Rural Economic Development (KCRD), the local community development organization, contacted Colorado Brownfield Foundation (CBF) seeking a strategy to purchase a local eyesore and demolish it to make room for new development. CBF assisted KCRD in negotiating and securing granted Technical assistance for Environmental due diligence in support of the purchase.

The mill, built in 1894 to process gold and silver ore from nearby mines, sits in Buckskin Gulch above the Town of Alma. The mill closed in 1951, following over 50 years of operation. Park County intends to reuse the site as a historic destination and backcountry hiker staging area. CBF is assisting Park County in conducting environmental assessments and determining a strategy to get this property restored. Park County is acquiring this property which will further enable the County to implement its heritage tourism plan.

Archuleta County took title to a former highway department maintenance facility in Pagosa Springs. Along with the site came a historic landfill beneath it. The landfill extent was unknown and potential environmental conditions chased away development interests. Colorado Brownfields Foundation (CBF) consolidated existing studies, initiated new historical research, and defined the landfill boundaries and likely impacts. Environmental assessments have informed land use decisions and furthered cooperative land use planning efforts between the County and City.

The vacant 5.30 acre site was used as a municipal landfill until the end of the 1960s. A development plan has been approved to construct fifty-four (54) affordably priced single-family townhomes and to expand the adjacent public park by a half acre. However, it was not financially feasible for the developer to proceed due to the high cost of environmental cleanup. The Colorado Brownfields Foundation (CBF) took title to the half acre park expansion site and secured grant funding to complete the cleanup. Because CBF is addressed the park site cleanup, sufficient financial burden was removed to allow the development of an affordable housing site.

A developer approached Colorado Brownfields Foundation (CBF) regarding the redevelopment of an entire block of Longmont for mixed–use. They were specifically concerned about a leaking underground storage tank gas station site on the corner of the property. City officials expressed a strong desire to see this project move forward and indicated that they would support application for assessment and cleanup funds to this project. CBF helped arrange for environmental assessment and cleanup assistance as well as prepared a preliminary economic impact analysis to the City of Longmont and the Longmont Economic Development Corp. The site is now under remediation.

The Town of Manzanola restored a 1912 historic train depot for use as their town hall and senior center. CBF identified and secured grant funds to address environmental hazards, ensure the health of workers and the public, and enable the renovation. Click here to view the project case study.

The Town of Steamboat Springs is taking the lead in building a regional transit center for the Routt County/Moffet County area. The intent is to provide mass transit to the labor market serving the Steamboat Springs Mountain Resort. To this end, Steamboat Springs had a contract to purchase a former Moffett County maintenance yard located in the Town of Craig to redevelop as a bus park & ride station. However, during their due diligence, diesel free product was discovered beneath the site. The Town of Craig was requiring that the diesel be mitigated before they would allow any new construction. This did not fit the timeline which called for immediate construction of the transit center. Steamboat Springs was ready to call off the deal when they asked Colorado Brownfields Foundation (CBF) for assistance. CBF coordinated strategies between interested parties. The result was a cleanup plan that allowed for redevelopment concurrently with remediation and the regional transit center development is proceeding as planned.