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Houston Geological Society Bulletin
Abstract
Abstract: The City of Houston’s Brownfields
Redevelopment Program
By
Federal IPA, Brownfields Program
City of Houston, Texas
The City of Houston’s Brownfields Redevelopment Program
facilitates the identification, assessment, clean up and reuse
of environmentally contaminated properties within Houston.
Program projects result in urban revitalization by eliminating
neighborhood environmental concerns; restoring contaminated
land
to productive use; creating new housing, commerce and
green space; and generating new employment opportunities
to benefit the local community. Since its inception in 1996, the
Program has helped to facilitate construction of 975 housing
units, create 2,564 new full time jobs, return $1.61 million
in delinquent taxes and $802,000 per year in new annual taxes
to the local taxing entities, and bring about reuse of 550 acres
of brownfields whose redevelopment costs total over
$720 million.
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