Social and Economic Impacts of Brownfield Redevelopment in Florida New Analytical Tools to Assess the State and Tribal Response Program

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1 Social and Economic Impacts of Brownfield Redevelopment in Florida New Analytical Tools to Assess the State and Tribal Response Program Christian Wells

2 Our mission is to leverage interdisciplinary scientific expertise at the University of South Florida to inform outcome-driven research on environmental toxicants, land use legacies, community health, environmental justice, and sustainable and equitable development.

EPA and DEP would like to better understand the

communities who have demonstrated a need for

work. This project evaluates and recommends

impacts associated with redeveloped brownfield

3 EPA and DEP would like to better understand the impacts of SRP funding provided to eligible communities who have demonstrated a need for funding assistance for assessment and remediation work. This project evaluates and recommends options for determining social and economic impacts associated with redeveloped brownfield sites across Florida where cleanup activities were funded under the SRP Grant.

4 Salient Social and Economic Indicators Economic Parcel Land Value Just Value Percent below poverty Percent unemployed Median household income Per capita income Housing Percent owner occupied housing Percent vacant housing Median rent Crime Total crime index Families and Children Percent female head of household Percent population <5 years of age Percent population >65 years of age Race/Ethnicity Percent Latino or Hispanic Percent Caucasian Percent African American Percent Native American Percent Asian Education Percent with a high school diploma or with a Bachelor s degree or higher

5 Florida Brownfields Redevelopment Atlas A Decision Support Tool for Assessing Social and Economic Change Image of year ACS data being calculated for percent female head of household.

6 Florida Brownfields Redevelopment Atlas A Decision Support Tool for Assessing Social and Economic Change Image of FBR Atlas map module with navigation features in top left corner.

7 Florida Brownfields Redevelopment Atlas A Decision Support Tool for Assessing Social and Economic Change Image of FBR Atlas with layer visualization module at the bottom left.

8 Florida Brownfields Redevelopment Atlas A Decision Support Tool for Assessing Social and Economic Change Image of FBR Atlas analysis modules at the bottom right.

9 Test Case #1: Residence Inn, Tallahassee

10 Test Case #1: Residence Inn, Tallahassee Social & Economic Returns on Investment Atlas Prediction: Qualitative Assessment:

11 Test Case #2: Cedar Ave. Properties, Sanford

12 Test Case #2: Cedar Ave. Properties, Sanford Social & Economic Returns on Investment Atlas Prediction: Qualitative Assessment:

13 Test Case #3: Orange Blossom Trail, Orlando

14 Test Case #3: Orange Blossom Trail, Orlando Social & Economic Returns on Investment Atlas Prediction: Qualitative Assessment:

15 Test Case #4: Dunn Lumber, New Smyrna Beach

16 Test Case #4: Dunn Lumber, New Smyrna Beach Social & Economic Returns on Investment Atlas Prediction: Qualitative Assessment:

17 Test Case #5: 12th St. Maintenance Yard, Tampa

18 Test Case #5: 12th St. Maintenance Yard, Tampa Social & Economic Returns on Investment Atlas Prediction: Qualitative Assessment:

19 Recommendations for Future Development future study of which specific layers might be most useful and adding those to the Operational Layers menu for ease of access add new widgets to the Atlas that can allow decision makers access to easily identifiable information regarding changes to a redeveloped property, such as in the form of pop-up charts and related media additional SRP grantee sites be visited and that a formal survey tool be developed to capture the same kind of information consistently from each site comprehensive analysis of all sites to explore relationships between redevelopment and social and economic change, as indicated through multiple regression analysis or other similar multivariate quantitative techniques

20 Project Administration Principal Investigator Christian Wells, Professor of Anthropology and Director of the Center for Brownfields Research and Redevelopment, University of South Florida Project Assistant Richard Mackenzie, GIS Project Manager, University of South Florida Libraries Project Advisors Carrie Kruchell, Florida Department of Environmental Protection Megan Johnson, Florida Department of Environmental Protection Miles Ballogg, Cardno David Goldman, Kimley-Horn Ayesha Johnson, Florida Department of Health Hillsborough County Christian Wells

Module 10 Summative Assessment

Module 10 Summative Assessment Activity In this activity you will use the three dimensions of vulnerability that you learned about in this module exposure, sensitivity, and adaptive capacity to assess