Brownfields

Leaaf Environmental was engaged to carry out a comprehensive Phase II Environmental Site Assessment (ESA) at Meche’s Exxon Station, located at 505 North Main Street in Washington, Louisiana.

The Rehoboth McKinley Christian Health Care Services (RMCHCS) East Facility site is located at 640-660 Vanden Bosch Drive in Gallup, McKinley County, New Mexico. Constructed in the 1960s, the 40-acre site consists of five onsite structures that were used by RMCHCS as medical facilities, office buildings, 2-story warehouse, storage shed and a Navajo Hogan.

The approximately 12-acres site was industrially developed in the early 1950s as an expansion to a portion of the original John-Manville Facility, a facility that manufactured products containing asbestos for use in roofing, flooring, and piping.  

Leaaf was contracted by JEDCO to provide a Phase I Environmental Site Assessment (ESA) funded though their Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Brownfields Coalition Assessment Grant.

Leaaf completed a Phase I Environmental Site Assessment (ESA) on a commercial strip mall in East Baton Rouge Parish.

This Brownfields project was completed as part of the corporate agreement between the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality's (LDEQ’s) Targeted Brownfields Assessment (TBA) program and Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA’s) Brownfield and Land Revitalization Program.

The Shreveport Common project is located at the southeast corner of the Shreveport Common Creative Placemaking revitalization project.  This property, unused for decades, is situated in downtown Shreveport and has been slated for redevelopment. 

The historic four-story Lincoln Hotel was opened in 1955.  It was initially created as a place for African Americans to stay when they were almost always turned away from white-owned establishments. Legendary musicians from all across the world have stayed and performed, including Aretha Franklin, James Brown, BB King, Duke Ellington and more!  The property has been vacant since the 1980s and will finally be restored.

The New Life Center site is part of the downtown Revitalization Plan being developed with the City of Opelousas, the Acadiana Planning Commission (APC), and the Center for Planning Excellence (CPEX) and a target property fro a Local Foods, Local Places grant.