The City's Economic Development Department will be presenting a public information forum on the topics of Brownfield Grant Progress and Economic Development in the City.
In 2021, Cañon City was awarded a 5-year, $800,000 Brownfield Multipurpose Grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to help revitalize and transform underutilized properties that are or may be perceived to be contaminated with substances like petroleum, PCP, lead, or even the presence of regulated building materials such as asbestos and lead-based paint.
An EPA Multipurpose Grant provides financial assistance from the EPA to help the City perform environmental assessments of public or private properties for known or potential contamination. It also provides financial assistance for local governments to clean up publicly-owned properties if they prove to be contaminated. Brownfield grants are economic development tools that help communities make parcels marketable for development or renovation.
This forum will provide a public presentation about how Cañon City has been using the EPA Multipurpose Grant - as well as other EPA and CDPHE assistance - to address historic challenges of key development opportunities in the City, including to the extent possible, updates on New Method Laundry, Skyline Steel, Clock Tower Plaza, The Hotel St. Cloud, and other development activity in the community.
After the presentation, staff from the City’s Economic Development Department will be present to answer general questions about economic development in the community.
