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SUMMARY OF NOTICE OF
INTENT TO REDEVELOP A BROWNFIELDS PROPERTY
Site Name: 500 West Fifth Street III
Brownfields Project Number: 21016-17-034
Pursuant to NCGS § 130A-310.34, Flow 500 West Fifth, LLC, as Prospective Developer, has
filed with the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) a Notice of Intent to
Redevelop a Brownfields Property (“Property”) in Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina.
The Brownfields Property, which is the site of commercial properties including office buildings
occupied by GMAC, Integon, or the Chamber of Commerce, and surface and deck parking, and former
uses including a former Goodyear Tire and Auto Service Center and gasoline stations, consists of
about 4.31 acres and is located at 500 West Fifth Street, 501 West Fourth Street, 601 West Fourth
Street, and 0 West Fifth Street. Environmental contamination exists on the Brownfields Property in soil
and soil vapor. Flow 500 West Fifth, LLC has committed itself redevelopment for no uses other than
high density residential, retail, office, restaurant, fitness club, open space, and parking uses, and with
approval by DEQ, other commercial uses on the Brownfields Property. The Notice of Intent to
Redevelop a Brownfields Property includes: (1) a proposed Brownfields Agreement between DEQ and
Flow 500 West Fifth, LLC, which in turn includes (a) a map showing the location of the Property, (b) a
description of the contaminants involved and their concentrations in the media of the Property, (c) the
above-stated description of the intended future use of the Brownfields Property, and (d) proposed
investigation and remediation; and (2) a proposed Notice of Brownfields Property prepared in
accordance with NCGS § 130A-310.35.
The full Notice of Intent to Redevelop a Brownfields Property may be reviewed at the Winston-
Salem State University C.G. O’Kelly Library, Room 149, 601 S. Martin Luther King Drive, Winston-
Salem, NC 27110 by contacting Mr. Thomas Flynn, University Archivist, telephone number 336-750-
2426, e-mail address flynnth@wssu.edu, or at the offices of the N.C. Brownfields Program, 217 West
Jones Street, Raleigh, NC or by contacting Shirley Liggins at that address, at
shirley.liggins@ncdenr.gov, or at (919) 707-8383.
Written public comments may be submitted to DEQ within 30 days after the latest of the
following dates: the date this Notice is (1) published in a newspaper of general circulation serving the
area in which the Brownfields Property is located, (2) conspicuously posted at the Brownfields Property,
and (3) mailed or delivered to each owner of property contiguous to the Brownfields Property. Written
requests for a public meeting may be submitted to DEQ within 21 days after the period for written public
comments begins. Those periods will start no sooner than July 26, 2017, and will end on the later of: a)
30 and 21 days, respectively, after that; or b) 30 and 21 days, respectively, after completion of the latest
of the three (3) above-referenced dates. All public comments and public meeting requests should be
addressed as follows:
Mr. Bruce Nicholson
Brownfields Program Manager
Division of Waste Management
NC Department of Environmental Quality
1646 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1646