Brownfield Grant

Brownfield Assessment Grant. The Land Bank was awarded a $500,000 EPA Assessment grant in 2023.

This grant works to minimizing the risks associated with redeveloping a brownfield (possibly contaminated site). The program makes available phase 1 and phase 2 environmental assessments in the following neighborhoods: East Central, West Central and Hillyard.

Please click on the button below to download the process and property owner fact sheet.

You can email Ami Manning at ami@slihc.org or call 208-964-9146 with questions about this program.

What is a brownfield?

A brownfield is a property wherein its expansion, redevelopment, or reuse may be complicated by the presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant or contaminant, including, asbestos and Vermiculite. It is estimated that there are more than 450,00 brownfields in the U.S. and more than 2,200 in Washington State. These often abandoned sites can create safety and health risks to surrounding residents, increase unemployment, and are frequently tax-delinquent.

Where are brownfields typically located?
Brownfields can be found practically anywhere. Created through contamination due to former uses, brownfields include those sites once used for gas stations, dry cleaners, factories, warehouses, railroad switching yards, landfills, parking lots, etc.

What help and opportunities exist for brownfield cleanup?
Brownfields are often located in highly desirable areas for development, but contamination prevents redevelopment of that site and adjacent areas. 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, improves and protects the environment. Our toolbox of resources and assistance is complex and may not be able to assist in every case, but we are here to help find assistance that aligns with your needs. Please contact Ami Manning at ami@spokanelandbank.org today for a free consultation.
Download the Spokane Site Nomination.

What is being done for brownfields at the local level?
Our brownfield program provides assistance to private individuals, businesses, and non-profit organizations to assess and remediate contaminated sites in West Central, East Central and Hillyard. Please email Ami Manning at ami@spokanelandbank.org

Spokane is also home to Washington's first and third Brownfield Redevelopment Zones (ROZ). A former municipal storage site known as The Ranch, located in the Hillyard Industrial Area became the ROZ pilot project, coinciding with the targeted investment projects bein implemented in The Yard. The 100 acre Riverfront Park became the third.

The city of Spokane continues to work in Northeast Spokane, obtaining a $500,000 EPA grant to identify contaminated sites and work with owners to fund needed analysis and clean up planning so that their properties can be put to more beneficial use.

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