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 four Phase I ESAs and one Phase I ESA update.  One additional Phase I ESA is currently being conducted.  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, and the former S&W Chemical property.

Phase II ESAs have been completed at the former Hollar Hosiery Mill and Former Piedmont Wagon properties, and a Phase II ESA is currently being conducted at the former Regal Manufacturing property.   Additional Phase II ESAs are planned for other properties.

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