Greensburg Senior Center
The Senior Citizens Center in Greensburg provides a perfect illustration of SESCO Group’s (SESCO) unique approach to Brownfields redevelopment and how third-party funds can be used to leverage more dollars toward your overall assessment and redevelopment program.
The City of Greensburg received funding through the Indiana Finance Authority (IFA) for Phase I and Phase II assessments of their vacant Senior Citizens Center, a property which had once been a service station. SESCO Group was hired to perform the Phase II assessment and to investigate the possibility of using the City’s historic insurance policies to fund the cleanup of any contamination found on the property during this assessment. The Phase II confirmed the site had soil and groundwater impact and at least six underground storage tanks were discovered.
SESCO’s insurance archaeologists reconstructed the City’s historic general liability coverage and the recovery attorney we worked with successfully negotiated with the carriers. As a result, the project was completely funded by the insurance carriers.
SESCO removed the tanks and remediated the site—at no cost to the City. The site also received a No Further Action Letter (NFA) from The Indiana Department of Environmental Management. Former Mayor Frank Manus was very pleased that the once-abandoned site was sold at fair market value and was redeveloped into offices and stores.
“SESCO has saved our city nearly $500,000 remediation costs, and we won’t have to lower our selling price because of environmental concerns.
What we once considered a liability has now become a very marketable asset.”
- Former Mayor Frank Manus, Greensburg, IN
