Presentation given to local constituents on possible redesigns for the Tower Automotive Site based on 2 similar case studies of brownfield industrial site redevelopment

1. M I LWA U K E E ’ S G R E E N L I G H T D I S T R I C T

2. CASE STUDY:
HARBOR PARK KENOSHA, WI
From 1870 to 1960, this large Brownfield site operated as the Simmons
Mattress manufacturing plant. After 1960, American Motors Corporation
(AMC) began manufacturing cars there until 1988. Portions of the site were
also used for a power plant, coal yard and dock. An adjacent 26.5-acre
parcel of the property was also used to dispose of contaminated sediment
for more than 15 years. In the late 1980s, the manufacturing plant was
decommissioned and demolished and investigation and cleanup of the
property began. The property was sold to the city of Kenosha in 1994.

3.  Kenosha has a population just over 90,000 and is located in the southeastern
part of the state along Lake Michigan. Kenosha was at the cutting edge of
Brownfield redevelopment for Wisconsin in 1994, when plans to redevelop
the Harbor Park area formulated. At that time, there was little research into
Brownfield redevelopment. The city laid the foundation for the responsible
cleanup of Brownfield areas within Wisconsin, forming a partnership with the
only other organization that had any history of redeveloping abandoned
industrial areas, the state of Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
(DNR). With the help of the DNR, Kenosha began the cleanup process.
 The city followed the guidelines set by the DNR for the clean up of
Brownfield's. First, the city installed a quot;capquot; of clean soil over the site.
Next, the planners had to conduct a cleanup related to a remaining storage
tank. Finally, the city had to perform long-term groundwater monitoring at
eight locations. The city spent $18.5 million on the cleanup and
infrastructure, including the installation of streets and lamps, of the Harbor
Park area. The rest was government subsidized funding making the project
very affordable.

10. CASE STUDY:
MENOMONEE VALLEY MILWAUKEE, WI
Milwaukee's Menomonee River Valley has undergone
two major transformations in the last century. Originally a
vibrant marsh, it developed into the industrial heart of
the region, then gradually deteriorated to an
underutilized wasteland. However, the past five years
have brought an increase in interest in the Valley, and it is
now on the verge of a third transformation - one which
will revitalize both its marshland origins and its industrial
use, and demonstrate how these two can successfully
coexist.

11. CASE STUDY:
MENOMONEE VALLEY MILWAUKEE, WI
 Menomonee Valley Industrial Center
47 acre development with flexible lot sizes
 Description:
The abandoned 140-acre Milwaukee Roadyards are
currently being made in to a business park with an
innovative storm water runoff buffer using native plants.
The $20 million Brownfield project has been called the
city's quot;largest environmental clean up in history.quot; Two of
the landmark smoke stacks will remain standing in
Chimney Park to memorialize what were once the largest
rail yards in the nation.