EPA awards $900,000 to address contamination on Denver’s Colfax Avenue
“The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded the Colfax Mainstreet Coalition a $900,000 grant to help find the answers and determine the best course of action for cleanup along a 15-mile stretch of the street. The coalition includes Denver, Lakewood and the Denver Urban Renewal Authority.
In order for redevelopment to occur along West Colfax from Yosemite Street in Denver on the east to Indiana Street in Lakewood on the west, brownfields must be located and cleaned up, officials said.
DURA executive director Tracy Huggins said the fact that there were some targets already identified for assessment helped the coalition land the EPA grant.
The coalition requested $1 million.
EPA spokesman Richard Mylott said the $900,000 grant is one of the largest awarded for contamination assessment.”
Parker, Ryan. The Denver Post 18 June 2012.