East Trenton Brownfields Area-Wide Plan

The East Trenton Neighborhood (ETN) Brownfields Area-Wide Plan provides site-specific recommendations for 12 brownfield sites with an emphasis on two catalyst sites that have the greatest likelihood of development and impact in the ETN. The Brownfields Area-Wide Plan details conceptual plans for these two sites, including installation of a skatepark, roller court, street soccer court, and tennis/basketball/volleyball hybrid courts at Amtico Square, and a soccer field, track, flex field, workout area, and pavilion at 104 Taylor Street. The study area is 245-acres, and includes both the ETN and the city’s proposed Assunpink Greenway Park, which would connect the downtown ETN through a series of trails and reactivated, underutilized land for recreation.

Cities dealing with high rates of vacant land and contamination may find this plan helpful in understanding the opportunities and challenges of putting properties back into productive use in a safe and healthy way.