Location:
Trenton, New Jersey

Contact:
Ms. Kirstin Pointin-Hahn
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
Route 130 South, Horizon Center, Building 300, Robbinsville, NJ 08691
(609) 584-4171

The Assunpink Greenway is an expansive, 99-acre linear park project adjacent to the Assunpink Creek
running through an impoverished section of the City of Trenton, New Jersey. The project area includes
former industrial properties held by public and private owners. Transforming this large, contaminated,
flood-prone area into a greenway is a long-term and ambitious task.

Brownfield Redevelopment Solutions, Inc. (BRS) manages the entire project, overseeing subcontractors
and area environmental assessment activities including the former railroad maintenance yard abutting Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor line. BRS reviews and evaluates environmental investigation data, recommending remedial actions, conducting cooperative community outreach, working with adjacent residents to receive input on park amenities and educating them on the steps required to transform contaminated, flood-prone property into parkland.

Other services included:

• Managing acquisition process including foreclosure, condemnation, and purchase of properties
  
• Educating owners regarding properties environmental issues
  
• Obtaining and coordinating aid offered by the various local, state and federal entities involved in the
  project including Mercer County, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), and the U.S. Economic Development Administration (USEDA)
• Securing more than $13 million toward investigation, remediation and redevelopment project grants
• Coordination a Steering Committee comprised of funders, other government regulators, community groups and other stakeholders