Property Details for Tupelo Fairgrounds/Long's Laundry

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Property Location
Property Progress
CAs Associated with this Property
Assessment Activities at this Property
Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Planning or Assessment
Contaminants and Media
Cleanup Activities
Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Demolition or Cleanup
Institutional & Engineering Controls
Redevelopment and Other Leveraged Accomplishments
Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Redevelopment
Additional Property Attributes

Legal Notices

Profile Information

Property Alias

Property Owner

Government

ACRES Property ID

53741

Property Address

118 East Main Street Tupelo, MS 38802

Size

.62

Parcel Numbers

Latitude/Longitude

34.256944 / -88.701667

Congressional District

Property Contact

Bates, Nicole

Bates.Nicole@epa.gov

404-562-9966

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Property Location

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Property Progress

Assessment

Clean Up

Institutional Controls in Place

Engineering Controls in Place

Ready for Anticipated Use

Redevelopment Underway

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CAs Associated with this Property

CA Name	CA #	State	Type	Announcement Year
Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality	BG98428907	MS	Section 128(a) State/Tribal	2006

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Assessment Activities at this Property

Activity	EPA Funding	Start Date	Completion Date	CA	Accomplishment Counted?	Counted When?
Phase II Environmental Assessment		11/19/1999	01/01/2000	Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality	N
Phase II Environmental Assessment	$37,000.00	10/22/2004	10/31/2005	Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality	N

Is Cleanup Necessary? Yes
EPA Assessment Funding: $37,000.00
Leveraged Funding:
Total Funding: $37,000.00

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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

Contaminant Found

VOCs

Remediating Action for Contaminants

Cleaned Up

Media Affected

Ground Water
Soil

Remediating Action for Media

Cleaned Up
Cleaned Up

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Cleanup Activities

Start Date	EPA Funding	Completion Date	CA	Accomplishment Counted?	Cleanup Documentation
01/01/2004		08/24/2006	Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality	No

Cleanup/Treatment Implemented:
Cleanup/Treatement Categories:
Addl Cleanup/Treatment info:
Address of Data Source:

Total ACRES Cleaned Up: .62
Number of Cleanup Jobs Leveraged: 20
EPA Cleanup Funding:
Leveraged Funding: $20,000.00
Cost Share Funding:
Total Funding: $20,000.00

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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

Indicate whether Institutional Controls are required

Yes

Categories of Controls

Proprietary Controls Information Devices

Additional Institutional Controls Information

http://www.deq.state.ms.us/MDEQ.nsf/pdf/GARD_Tupelo-Fairgrounds-IC/File/Tupelo-Fairgrounds-IC.pdf?OpenElement

Address of Data Source (URL if available)

http://www.deq.state.ms.us/MDEQ.nsf/pdf/GARD_Tupelo-Fairgrounds-IC/File/Tupelo-Fairgrounds-IC.pdf

Are Institutional Controls in Place

Yes

Date Institutional Controls were put in place

08/24/2006

Indicate whether Engineering Controls are required

Yes

Categories of Controls

Cover Technologies (e.g., Capping)

Additional Engineering controls information

Address of Data Source (URL if available)

Indicate whether Engineering Controls are in place

Yes

Date Engineering Controls were put in place

08/24/2006

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Redevelopment and Other Leveraged Accomplishments

Start Date	Leveraged Funding	CA	Completion Date
02/10/2004	$44,000,000.00	Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality
02/10/2004	$22,000,000.00	Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality

Number of Redevelopment Jobs Leveraged:
Actual Acreage of Greenspace Created:
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Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Redevelopment

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Additional Property Attributes

Property Highlights

The partnership between the City of Tupelo and the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality MDEQ was be highlighted in November, 2009 at the National Brownfield Conference in New Orleans when they received national recognition for their work on the redevelopment of contaminated property at the old fairgrounds in Tupelo. A regional Phoenix Award was presented to the Downtown Tupelo Main Street Association and MDEQ for their efforts to transform the area around a former dry cleaner into the popular downtown Fairpark District. The Phoenix Awards Institute recognizes groups that remediate and redevelop brownfield sites and represents the industry�s highest honor. In 2000, during the acquisition of property that included the former Long�s Laundry, the City of Tupelo learned from environmental studies that the soil and groundwater beneath the site had been contaminated by chlorinated solvents. The project stalled until 2003, when the Downtown Tupelo Main Street Association applied for Targeted Brownfield Assessment assistance through MDEQ. �We were dead in the water until the brownfield folks at MDEQ came to us and helped. Up to that point, the city had spent close to 200,000 dollars in environmental studies with no clear end point in sight,� says Debbie Brangenberg, Director of Main Street. �Our goal with the Brownfields Program is to provide direction and clarity to the difficult task of redeveloping contaminated properties,� says Trey Hess, Brownfields Program Coordinator for MDEQ. �At the time, the city was paddling hard but having a difficulty navigating through the environmental and regulatory issues related to the site.� With a clear understanding of the intended future use of the property and the city�s ives for redevelopment, MDEQ was able to develop a strategy for the environmental assessment to be completed, for liability protection to be secured, and for the site to be redeveloped in a manner that was protective of human health and the environment. In 2004, demolition of the former dry cleaner began, and the transformation of the properties into �Fairpark� had begun. Liability protection was secured for the Tupelo Redevelopment Agency through a Brownfield Agreement with the Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality in 2006, and the city saved approximately 87,000 in planning and assessment services provided by MDEQ to address the environmental conditions at the site. Today, the Fairpark District includes the Renasant Center for Ideas, serving the community as a regionally-based business incubator the Tupelo Automobile Museum City Hall, serving as the centerpiece of Fairpark City Park with its dancing fountain that attracts children and families from all over, and a variety of upscale retail and small businesses that blend modern amenities with the architectural character and scale of a traditional small city.

Former Use: From the mid 1930�s to the early 1970�s, Long�s Laundry operated as a commercial laundry for industrial and domestic consumers. It also served as a cold storage for furs and a drying cleaning facility. Surrounding properties included a commercial printing operation, a warehouse for a hardware retailer, the former Mississippi/Alabama Fairgrounds, former Commerce Street and former Mulberry Alley. The Long�s Laundry property remained underused for approximately 30 years.

Predominant Past Usage

Commercial (.62)

What types of funding are being used on this property?

State and Tribal Program Information

Enrolled: 01/15/2003

Date No Further Action Letter Received

08/24/2006

Date Letter/Signed Report Received from a Qualified Professional