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Property Details for Louisiana Ave. Firehouse (Home to Hand Project)


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AI#240690
Government
258375
2312, 2314, and 2316 Louisiana Avenue NEW ORLEANS, LA 70115
.25
614322225; 614322203
29.935030332707 / -90.094846677083
2
Reyes, Elizabeth
Reyes.Elizabeth@epa.gov
214-665-3163


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Property Location



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Property Progress


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CAs Associated with this Property

CA NameCA #StateTypeAnnouncement Year
Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality4B02F16301LAAssessment2022
Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality4W02F24701LASection 128(a) State/Tribal2022


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Assessment Activities at this Property

ActivityEPA FundingStart DateCompletion DateCAAccomplishment Counted?Counted When?
Cleanup Planning$7,830.0010/02/202301/31/2024Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality
Phase I Environmental Assessment$3,189.4705/03/202405/24/2024Louisiana Department of Environmental QualityN
Phase I Environmental Assessment$3,986.2510/31/202312/15/2023Louisiana Department of Environmental QualityYFY25


Is Cleanup Necessary? Yes
EPA Assessment Funding: $15,005.72
Leveraged Funding:
Total Funding: $15,005.72


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Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Planning or Assessment

There is no data for Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Planning or Assessment.


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Contaminants and Media


Asbestos
Lead
Cleaned Up
Cleaned Up
Building Materials
Cleaned Up


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Cleanup Activities

Start DateEPA FundingCompletion DateCAAccomplishment Counted?Cleanup Documentation
09/30/202411/13/2024Louisiana Department of Environmental QualityNo
09/30/2024$249,999.0011/13/2024Louisiana Department of Environmental QualityNo


Cleanup/Treatment Implemented: Y
Cleanup/Treatement Categories:
Addl Cleanup/Treatment info: 35 cubic yards of asbestos containing material was safely removed and disposed of at a licensed facility. Lead-based paint was remediated by removal and/or encapsulation.
Address of Data Source: The final report can be viewed and downloaded at edms.deq.louisiana.gov under AI#: 240690 Document#: 14704085
Total ACRES Cleaned Up: .25
Number of Cleanup Jobs Leveraged: 20
EPA Cleanup Funding: $249,999.00
Leveraged Funding: $98,022.30
Cost Share Funding:
Total Funding: $348,021.30


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Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Demolition or Cleanup

There is no data for Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Demolition or Cleanup.


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Institutional and Engineering Controls

No
No


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Redevelopment and Other Leveraged Accomplishments

There are no current redevelopment activities.


Number of Redevelopment Jobs Leveraged:
Actual Acreage of Greenspace Created:
Leveraged Funding:


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Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Redevelopment

Selected Strategy(ies)Explanatory Text
Address extreme weather/disaster-related risk factors and infrastructure or utility vulnerabilities through redevelopmentRedevelopment addresses potential risk factors and infrastructure or utility vulnerabilities resulting directly from the impacts of extreme weather events and natural disasters. The redevelopment mitigates risk associated with factors such as proximity to the ocean, infrastructure vulnerabilities, property affected by a revised FEMA flood plain, drought monitor, or wildfire risk map, vulnerability related to changes in frequency and intensity of precipitation events, vulnerability of soil type due to moisture and hydraulic changes, and ground and surface drinking water vulnerabilities.
Install green infrastructureGreen infrastructure includes practices and features to reduce the burden of storm events on local water infrastructure. Examples include green roofs, downspout disconnection, urban tree canopies, rainwater harvesting, rain gardens, planter boxes, green parking (permeable pavement), urban agriculture, and community open space.


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Additional Property Attributes

The Louisiana Avenue Firehouse, located at 2312-2316 Louisiana Avenue in the heart of New Orleans, is a historic firehouse built over 100 years ago, which sat vacant since Hurricane Katrina in 2005. The property includes the former firehouse building and vacant ancillary structure, as well as the adjacent vacant lot. Lead-based paint and asbestos in building materials were preventing the redevelopment of the blighted property. People's Housing+ and Alembic Community Development were competitively awarded the property from the New Orleans Redevelopment Authority to repurpose the historic firehouse as a mixed-use property. The site will now continue to serve the Central City community with an early childhood education (ECE) center on the firehouse?s ground floor and in the ancillary structure in the back, along with permanently affordable apartments on the second floor of the firehouse. The project team had a Phase I ESA and lead-based paint and asbestos inspections completed at the end of 2022. Surveys identified lead-based paint and asbestos in building materials. Cleanup Planning and an updated Phase I ESA were conducted under LDEQ's TBA Program. Asbestos containing building materials and lead-based paint were abated in November 2024 through a sub-grant from LDEQ's Brownfields Program, preparing the site for reuse.

The co-location of affordable housing with high quality accessible childcare is an opportunity to address two of the greatest needs facing New Orleans. Since childcare workers typically qualify for affordable housing, the development team envisions that the redeveloped firehouse property will be able to serve a family living in an affordable apartment upstairs while working at or enrolling their child in the ECE facility downstairs. The project will provide 13 new jobs accessible to low-income individuals, approximately 65 early childhood education ("ECE") seats targeting low-income families, and seven units of permanently affordable housing targeted to families earning below 60% AMI. By redeveloping the property with two critical community-serving uses - early childhood education and permanently affordable housing - the project team will be remediating a contaminated building in a low-income census tract and returning the property to a community asset for the first time in 20 years.
Commercial (.25)
NFA are not issued for ACM/LBP; however the abatement was completed under LDEQ guidance and the report will be uploaded to LDEQ's database once complete.


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