Small and Large Community Development Case Studies: City of Charlotte Brownfield Program

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Small and Large Community Development Case
StudiesCity of CharlotteBrownfield Program

• National Association of Development
  OrganizationsBrownfields Training
• February 15-16, 2007
• Greensboro, NC

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The Charlotte Program

• Team
• Money
• Time
• Market

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Team Building

• Grant awarded in 1996
• Not much trust between disciplines
• Established Brownfield Partners
• Committees intermingled disciplines
• City worked with many consultants

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Money Matters

• Assessment funds most at risk
• City initially paid all upfront costs
• Changed to 50 of costs up to 20,000
• EPA funds expended, now funded locally
• Application simple
• http//edo.charmeck.org

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West Worthington

• New townhouses developed in the Wilmore
  neighborhood
• 2,500 assessment
• 0 clean up

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Carson Boulevard

• Thomas Construction
• 23 jobs retained
• 6,800 assessment
• 5,000 cleanup

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Westover Shopping Center
Before renovation

• 108,000 assessment (20,000 grant)
• 83,000 clean up
• 36,000 square feet
• 3,200,000 project

After
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Dynatech / Truck Equipment Manufacturing

• Priority site for community
• Created 65 new jobs
• 27,000 assessment
• 5,000 cleanup

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Charlotte Grants

• Most sites did not require cleanup
• Where required, less than expected
• 18 projects on 50.8 acres
• 248,350 awarded (190,989 spent)
• 468,889 assessment leveraged
• 805,705 clean up leveraged
• 36,593,000 est. construction leveraged
• Over 800 jobs

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Time is Critical

• System not initially set up for speed
• Redevelopment (developers) require speed
• City initially paid for State Employee to
  expedite Charlotte projects
• Now fully funded by State

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Charlottes State Projects since 1997

• 33 Completed Projects
• 4 Public Comment
• 14 Active eligible
• 6 Legal
• Carolyn Minnich
• carolyn.minnich_at_ncmail.net
• 704 661-0330

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Market Supports Brownfields

• South Corridor Light Rail Line opens 2007
• Utilizes 9.6 miles of old Norfolk Southern track,
  from uptown to I-485
• Old industrial lines the tracks
• Creates a strong market for mixed-use projects,
  if brownfield issues resolved

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South Corridor Light Rail
New Bern Station
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South Corridor Projects

• Approx. 3500 residential units are proposed,
  under construction or completed in last 3 years
• Over 300,000 square feet of new office/retail
• 1B in new construction

3030 South Boulevard
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South End
Harris Murr Building
Park Ave and Camden Rd
Pikes at Camden Square
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Northeast Corridor
NoDa over 350 new residential units in the past
5 years.
Completed Highland Mills

• Alpha Mills reuse from mill into residential
  plus new residential on site.

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Street Car
After

• Elizabeth Avenue
• 250,000 sq ft of retail space
• 340,000 sq ft of office space
• 810 residential units
• 13 million public investment

Before
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Charlotte Program

• Locally funded.
• Path of success paved.
• Projects doable.
• Projects getting done.

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Questions?
Tom Warshauer Economic Development Office City
of Charlotte twarshauer_at_ci.charlotte.nc.us 704
336-4522