Brownfield Advisory Group

In 2007, the City of Hickory received two Brownfield Assessment Grants from the United States Environmental Protection Agency. These two grants will be used to conduct environmental site assessments on vacant or under-utilized sites where there is suspect environmental contamination.
 
 
The Brownfield Advisory Group (BAG) is made up of citizen volunteers that will serve an advisory role to Hickory's planning staff in consultant selection and oversight, site identification and prioritization, as well as community outreach and marketing. The BAG will be in place until the assessment project is complete, which will take three years. The group meets quarterly.
 
BAG members are Jill Patton (Hickory City Council), Michael Talbert (Hickory Regional Planning Commission), Julie Pruett (Catawba County Economic Development Corporation), Steve Bowman (Community Appearance Commission), Pete Zagaroli (Developer), Jay Adams (Realtor), Sam Erwin (Western Piedmont Council of Governments), Connie Kincaid (Hickory Downtown Development Association), Mark Huggins (Green Park Neighborhood), Rev. David Roberts (Ridgeview Neighborhood), Barbara Miller (Highland Neighborhood), Deb McNeur (West Hickory/Westmont Neighborhood), Audrey Reeves (Kenworth Neighborhood), Jennifer Helton (Claremont Neighborhood), and Hickory staff Brian Frazier (Planning and Development Director), Todd Hefner (Planning and Development), Sandy Trevathan (Planning and Development), Cal Overby (Planning and Development), Dave Leonetti (Planning and Development), Chuck Hansen (Public Services Director) and Arnita Dula (Attorney).
 


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