The City of Columbia Heights was awarded funding from the Metropolitan Council Tax Base Revitalization Account and the State Department of Employment and Economic Development for the brownfield redevelopment of a 6.3 acre industrial park into 124 affordable and market rate townhomes. Soil and groundwater contaminants of concern in phase 2 include linseed oil, petroleum, foundry waste (metals, slag metal shavings and ash), petroleum and Dowtherm A (a heat transfer fluid). These contaminants have been identified in the soil and groundwater.  The site was previously used as a foundry and other industrial uses.