[CPEO-BIF] Burlington Barge Canal site, Burlington, Vermont

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Burlington Barge Canal site gets $6 million brownfields investment

Vermont Business Magazine
May 18, 2022

Vermont Business Magazine, Governor Phil Scott, the Agency of Natural Resources (ANR), and the Agency of Commerce and Community Development (ACCD) today announced that $6 million in brownfields funding has been committed to the cleanup and redevelopment of 453 Pine Street in Burlington. The current redevelopment proposal, being led by two Burlington entrepreneurs, includes a Nordic-style bathhouse and wellness space, boutique bowling alley and entertainment venue, and open space.

“Economic revitalization has been a top priority of my Administration and turning unusable brownfields into opportunities plays an important role in communities,” said Governor Scott. “Brownfields are some of the biggest, most complex legal, financial, and environmental projects in Vermont, but when cleaned up, they can have huge economic and environmental benefits.”

In 2013, 453 Pine Street was one of the first sites to be enrolled in Vermont’s Brownfield Economic Revitalization Alliance(link is external) (BERA) program. The site has posed a unique redevelopment challenge that is both complicated and costly due to the nature of its contamination and proximity to Lake Champlain. Located in the South End of Burlington, 453 Pine Street is adjacent to the Pine Street Canal Superfund Site which was a former coal gasification plant.

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For the entire article, see
https://vermontbiz.com/news/2022/may/18/burlington-barge-canal-site-gets-6-million-brownfields-investment

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Lenny Siegel
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Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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