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Community
Glen Cove is a small city located on the north shore of Long Island. Parks, public beaches, nature preserves and private homes span eight miles of the city’s shoreline. In 1993, the City of Glen Cove developed Glen Cove Creek Waterfront Revitalization Plan to address the clean up and redevelopment of 214 acres of the waterfront. In 1997, the city received a Brownfields Pilot Grant from EPA and in 1998 Glen Cove was designated a Brownfields Showcase Community by the Brownfields National Partnership.
Brownfield Issues
Most of the remaining one mile of shoreline -- the historically industrialized Glen Cove Creek waterfront -- is comprised of contaminated, abandoned and underused properties. This includes two federal Superfund sites, a New York State Inactive Hazardous Waste site and a number of brownfields. In addition to the abandoned properties, the city was also faced with a waterway that hadn't been dredged in 30 years, crumbling bulkheads, and non-point source pollution and sediment that was entering the creek unabated.
Glen Cove’s brownfields activities have spawned numerous partnerships and positive working relationships between the city, all levels of government, the private sector, and the local
community. Both NOAA’s Office of Sustainable Development and Intergovernmental Affairs (SDIA) and Office of Coastal Resource Management (OCRM), in collaboration with the New York State Coastal Management Program, assisted in developing and implementing the Glen Cove Creek Waterfront Revitalization Plan by supporting several annual “Commitment to Action” workshops (from 1995 to 1999). These workshops brought together federal, state and local partners to focus support on implementing this plan. In the end, the workshops provided a roadmap for the community’s vision; helped the city understand the role and jurisdiction of various players; identified technical expertise and additional funding resources; and assisted in establishing long-term partnerships between relevant local, state and federal agencies.NOAA’s Office of Response and Restoration (ORR) also continues to provide technical assistance during Glen Cove’s revitalization efforts. Specifically, ORR worked with the city (as well as EPA, the Army Corps of Engineers, and others) to plan clean up actions and habitat restoration along Glen Cove Creek. NOAA provided the technical support needed to clean up two Superfund sites on the creek and is working with partners to integrate habitat restoration and natural resource recovery into this effort.
The community has leveraged over $40 million in public and private funding. To date, the private development that has resulted includes the opening of a new restaurant near a waterfront, the expansion of several marinas, a high speed ferry service to Manhattan and future plans for another ferry service to Connecticut. The city is also soliciting for a hotel, conference center and mixed use development for one of the brownfields properties.
For More Information
Kenneth Walker
NOAA/National Ocean Service
Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management
ph: 301-713-3155 x157
e-mail: Kenneth.Walker@noaa.gov
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