The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (Iowa DNR) has awarded the City of Waterloo a $20,260 grant to complete additional asbestos containing materials (ACM) survey work at the Former Rath Packing Plant located at 1442 Sycamore Street. The investigation is critical to advancing planned ACM abatement activities scheduled to occur at the facility in 2025…. Read more »
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City to Demolish 120 Center Street
City officials will vote on two separate contracts related to the blighted property at their meeting on September 8, 2020. The City plans to remove asbestos prior to the demolition of remaining structures to help facilitate its redevelopment. Iowa Department of Natural Resources (Iowa DNR) provided a 50 percent cost share ($6,290) for the abatement… Read more »
Former Brownfields Property Demolished
The City of Waterloo acquired the blighted, two-story building at 801-805 Commercial Street in February 2013. The City utilized its EPA Brownfields Assessment Grant to conduct a Phase I Environmental Site Assessment (ESA) to satisfy All Appropriate Inquiry (AAI) requirements prior to acquisition. The property once contained the Cascaden Manufacturing Company and other uses such… Read more »