This video highlights a dynamic case study of a project that is reclaiming two contaminated industrial sites in the Mt. Airy neighborhood in the City of Philadelphia that will be combined for use as a second campus for a successful charter school. The Wissahickon Charter School has an environmentally-focused curriculum and recently had its charter renewed, and the number of students it can enroll was doubled. This necessitated the identification of a site for a second campus. The site they selected is contaminated, but the school's environmental focus supported the rehabilitation and reuse of the site. The project was possible through the involvement of the City, School, Community Development Corporation, the Reinvestment Fund, and PA Office of Budget. The project brought together partners through solid Owners Representation and Project Management to deliver a site on time for a new school year, and access grant funding and tax credits to close a critical funding gap when it was discovered that the environmental remediation was more intense than anticipated. The project will attain Act 2 clearance for residential standards that will allow use as a school.

• published: 13 Dec 2013
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