Northwest Gateway Project Makes Top 10 List Intelligencer Journal/Lancaster New Era; April 7, 2011

 

The Lancaster Northwest Gateway Project has been honored as one of the nation's 10 best brownfield-revitalization efforts by the nonprofit Phoenix Awards Institute.

The venture, done through EDC Finance [Corporation] with the help of environmental consultants ARM Group, razed and remediated a vacant Armstrong World Industries factory into a future site for expansions by Lancaster General Health and Franklin & Marshall College.

The 2010 Phoenix Award winners -- one from each U.S. Environmental Protection Agency region -- were based on the magnitude of the problem and project, innovation, cooperation of multiple parties, environmental impact, and economic and social impact.

Photo courtesy of Economic Development Company of Lancaster County ©2011

Decommissioned 47-acre, 100-year-old Armstrong World Industries complex on Feb., 2005. The

site included more than 2 million sq. ft. of obsolete manufacturing and office space spread over

200 buildings.

 

Photo courtesy of Economic Development Company of Lancaster County ©2011

Northwest Gateway site on Dec., 2009 following building demolition, site environmental remediation and infrastructure installation, facilitated by EDC Finance Corporation. The property is ready to accomodate major, long-term development by Franklin & Marshall College and Lancaster General Health.  The total cost of the on-time and under-budget project was $29 million.

Project partners:

EDC Finance Corporation

Franklin & Marshall College

Lancaster General Health

Armstrong World Industries