The City of Hickory was awarded $400,000 in EPA Brownfield Grants for assessment of petroleum and hazardous substance Brownfield properties in 2008.  The City hired environmental consultant Hart & Hickman to manage daily grant activities.

Grant funds are being used to inventory and prioritize Brownfields sites, conduct community outreach activities, perform Phase I and II environmental site assessments (ESA), and develop reuse plans for sites in Hickory.

The City has completed eight Phase I ESAs and one Phase I ESA update.  The properties assessed include the former Piedmont Wagon property, former Moretz Mill property, former Hollar Hosiery Mill, former Elliot Knitting Mill and Piedmont Foundry & Machine Company property, former Regal Manufacturing property, former S&W Chemicals, Inc. property, former Huttos Store property, former St. Stephens School property, and Bumbarger Investments property.

Phase II ESAs have been completed at the former Hollar Hosiery Mill property, former Piedmont Wagon property, former Regal Manufacturing property, former S&W Chemicals, Inc. property, former St. Stephens School property, and Bumbarger Investments property .

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