The City of Ridgeland submitted a Targeted Brownfield Assessment application to the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) last week. Ridgeland leaders are close to purchasing land for a City Center off U.S. 51. In October, the City of Ridgeland applied for an EPA Brownfield Community-wide Assessment grant. The competitive grant program will likely announce winners in April. In the meantime, the City decided to move forward with a Phase I ESA by having the MDEQ use one of its contractors to do so. Ridgeland will pay $4.6 million for about 25 acres of land for the complex. The property is in two parcels located at the northwest quadrant of U.S. 51 and School Street across from the police department and municipal court building. The
Ridgeland Area Master Plan (RAMP) includes plans for
mixed use development on the concrete plant and brownfield. Preliminary information indicates that at least one above ground storage tank is located on the site making this a potential petroleum brownfield..
