Missoula County intends to apply for 2019 Brownfields Assessment funding. If successful, this grant could provide funds to create brownfield inventories and conduct Phase I and Phase II assessments (the grant would not cover costs for clean-up).
A brownfield could be an abandoned property, active but underutilized property, real estate turnover complicated by real or perceived contamination or blighted property. The presence or potential presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant may complicate the expansion, redevelopment or reuse of the property.
Examples might include former industrial businesses, former dry cleaners, old gas stations, smelters, tax delinquent properties, former schools or hospitals, suspected “meth houses,” landfills, salvage yards, etc.
The advantage of cleaning up and reinvesting in these properties increases local tax bases, facilitates job growth, utilizes existing infrastructure, takes development pressures off of undeveloped, open land, and both improves and protects the environment.
We are seeking your assistance with identifying potential brownfield sites in Missoula County. Please take a moment and answer the below questions. Your feedback is very valuable and will help in prioritizing where to focus brownfields funding, if awarded. To learn more, contact Sindie Kennedy at 258-3688 or skennedy@missoulacounty.us.
