PR#127 Project Report
Introduction – Area-wide Brownfields Planning Pilot Project for Guayanilla and Penuelas
PR#127- Guayanilla-Peñuelas: “From Scrap the Future is Born” was born with a grant from the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). EPA granted Desarrollo Integral del Sur, Inc. (DISUR) $175,000 as part of EPA's Area-wide Brownfields Planning Pilot Program, directed towards Brownfields impacted communities in the U.S. and Puerto Rico. DISUR is one of 23 organizations in the U.S. chosen to complete the EPA Brownfield Area-wide Planning Pilot Program. DISUR's project collaborators include the municipalities of Penuelas, Guayanilla, and Ponce; the Puerto Rico Environmental Quality Board, and impacted communities in the Brownfield planning area.
The funds will be used for planning the evaluation, cleanup and rehabilitation of the former Petro Chemical lands along Puerto Rico Road 127, some 3,500 acres that commpose nine neighborhoods in the rural municipalities of Peñuelas a Guayanillla. These communities are: Playa, Rufina, Magas, Indios, Boca and Cedro in Guayanilla and Encarnación, Tallaboa Poniente, and Tallaboa Saliente in Peñuelas. This plan will open the way for a new phase of development that holds promise for the well being of the area resident and a positive future for economic development of the zone. The project will be completed in December of 2012 with a reuse plan an next step, all of which will be presented to the community.
PROJECT TEAM:
Key Contacts: Rolando Emannuelli, Esq; Hon. Walter Torres
Project Manager: David Southgate
Land Reuse Planners: Juan Carlos Feliciano, AIT CAAPPR y María Mercedes Rivera Grau, AIT CAAPPR
Collaborators:
Puerto Rico Environmental Quality Board, Municipality of Guayanilla, Municipality of Peñuelas, Madre Tierra Atabey, Comité Pro Salud, Ambiente y Desarrollo de Tallaboa, Voces, Comité de Seguridad Municipal de Playa de Guayanilla
PROJECT SPONSOR:
NEXT ACTIVITY:
· June 13, 2011, 6 PM, Centro Convenciones de Barrio Indios, Guayanilla
Phase 3 Findings Meeting – Infrastructure Reuse and Investment Strategy
PRESS RELEASES:
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DISUR is selected by the American Architectural Foundation, February 9, 2012
- "PR#127, Guayanilla-Peñuelas" Project Sets Area-Wide Strategies for Environmental Assessment and Cleanup of Abandoned Petrochemical Sites, December 6, 2011
- DISUR To Discuss Possible Projects for Petrochemical Sites in Guayanilla, Penuelas, September 6, 2011
- DISUR Seeks Nominations for Proposal Review Panelist, February 22, 2011
- Request for Qualifications and Cost Proposals - Public Relations Professionals, February 3, 2011
- Request for Qualification and Cost Proposals – Land Reuse Planning Professional, February 3, 2011
- EPA awards brownfields grant to DISUR, October 18, 2010
PR#127 IN THE MEDIA:
- October to December 2011 (PDF, 20 MB)
- July to September 2011 (PDF, 5.08 MB)
- April to June 2011 (PDF, 66.57 KB)
- January to March 2011 (PDF, 392 KB)
- October to December 2010 (PDF, 1.28 MB)
PROJECT DOCUMENTATION
PHASE 1 - Brownfields Reuse Planning
DATES: October to July 2011
Deliverables of Phase 1:
- Video: Charrettes with the Brownfield Impacted Communities of Guayanilla and Peñuelas (External Link)
- Community Wishllist, Guayanilla, Puerto Rico (PDF, 175.2 KB)
- Community Wishlist, Peñuelas, Puerto Rico (PDF, 186.52 KB)
- EPA Approval of Eligible Brownfields (PDF, 150.7 KB)
PHASE 2 - Establish Area-wide Strategies
DATES: July to December 2011
Deliverables of Phase 2:
- Findings Meeting Community Presentation (translated to English) (PDF, 108.23 KB)
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Report on the Environmental Assessment and Future Implementation Strategies (DRAFT updated 1/27/12 - Presently in review) (PDF, 3.81 MB)
- PR#127-Guayanilla-Peñuelas — Phase 2 Recommendations (PDF, 139.14 KB)
- See the Brownfield Properties in an interative map (GIS) (Opens new window)
- Findings Meeting Public Commentary - December 14, 2011 (PDF, 899 KB)
PHASE 3 - Infrastructure Reuse and Investment Strategy
DATES: December 2011 to June 2012
Deliverables of Phase 3:
PHASE 4 - Reuse Plan for Brownfields
DATES: June to September 2012
Deliverables of Phase 4:
PHASE 5 - Resource Plan and Next Steps
DATES: September to December 2012
Deliverables of Phase 5:
News
9.02.2012
Members of Project PR#127 will participate in the Sustainable Cities Design Academy...
6.12.2011
DISUR Convenes Community Meeting
to Share Findings, December 14, 2011
(December 6, 2...
5.12.2011
El equipo de trabajo de DISUR incluye profesionales con experiencia en planificación, comu...
18.10.2011
Introduction – Area-wide Brownfields Planning Pilot Project for Guayanilla and Penuelas...
6.09.2011
EPA approves inventory of properties to be included
in the EPA Area-wide Brownfields...
22.02.2011
DISUR Seeks Nominations for Proposal Review Panelist
Get involved in economic development...
3.02.2011
Desarrollo Integral del Sur, Inc.
EPA Brownfields Area-Wide Planning Pilot Program
Pu...
3.02.2011
EPA Brownfields Area-Wide Planning Pilot Program
Public Notice
REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATION...
18.10.2010
Planned cleaning and rehabilitation of former petrochemical lands in South Puerto Rico
...
13.10.2010
Comprehensive Development of the South (DISUR) presents Dr. David E. Lewis, vice president...
5.09.2010
Ponce, Puerto Rico — The Alliance for the Comprehensive Development of the South, Inc. (De...
30.08.2010
DISUR accepts monetary donations, which go directly to supporting operational costs suc...
8.07.2010
DISUR signed a collaboration agreement with the Multisectoral Alliance of Buyers and Suppl...
1.04.2010
On March 24, 2010, DISUR presented a Council on Tourism at the Municipality of Guayama's C...
1.04.2010
The DISUR team welcomed the President of American Micro Steel (AMS) William Sullivan to th...
1.04.2010
DISUR participated in the forum Energy Strategies 21st Century, organized by Puerto Rico S...
1.04.2010
On April 8, 2010 DISUR held its First Business Roundtable at the facilities of the Port of...
1.04.2010
The Cool Cities Coalition has recognized 20 municipalities in Puerto Rico that have signed...
1.03.2010
The Planning Board, represented by architect Liz Melendez, presented to the Board of Direc...
1.03.2010
DISUR, represented by David Southgate, Administrator of Projects and Databases, was a spec...
1.02.2010
On February 19, 2010, DISUR held the first meeting of community leaders at the Theater of...
5.01.2010
The staff at DISUR includes professionals with experience in planning, communications, and...
1.01.2010
Public and private sectors of the Southern Region opened a panoramic route that runs throu...
1.01.2010
On December 3, 2009, DISUR held a meeting with Puerto Rico Governor Luis G. Burset Fortuño...
1.01.2010
January 22, 2010, Port of the Americas Rafael Cordero Santiago celebrated the arrival of t...
1.01.2010
AirDance of Puerto Rico is in the final stages of establishing domestic air services betwe...
1.01.2010
AirDance of Puerto Rico is in the final stages of establishing domestic air services betwe...
1.01.2010
Among DISUR's strategic projects for economic development of the South Region of Puerto Ri...
