Boxcar Apartments

Project History

1. 2022: Colorado Housing and Finance Authority - Small Scale Housing Program Technical Assistance created the Anvil Mountain Subdivision Conceptual Plan. Identified Lots 30 and 1 in Anvil for future apartment complexes. 
2. 2023: Town of Silverton Awarded U.S. EPA Brownfields Multipurpose Grant: $800,000.
3. 2024: Town of Silverton awarded DOLA Energy/Mineral Impact Assistance: More Housing Now Grant $79,281 with $8,809 from San Juan County's Lodgers Tax Affordable Housing/Childcare Fund for predevelopment site engineering.
4.  2024: Boxcar Apartment sites identified as priority for Brownfields Grant: Phase I and II Environmental Assessment & Clean-up. 
5. 2024 Spring/Summer: Request For Qualifications for Predevelopment Site Engineering released.
6. 2024 August: Town of Silverton awarded RFQ to SGM Inc. Scope: site grading & drainage plans, utility plans, retaining wall plans, etc....
7. Current: SGM begins RFQ Boxcar Apartments Predevelopment Engineering - Spring 2025. Ramboll Americas Engineering Solutions, Inc. conducts Phase I and II Environmental Assessment & clean-up. Summer 2024-2025.
8. Next Steps:
   1. Apply for grant funding for infrastructure installation.
   2. Install infrastructure.
   3. RFP for developer. 
   4. Begin construction. 
   5. Tenant selection & move-in. 

For questions about Brownfields Project, contact Lucy Mulvihill, Community Development Director Town of Silverton. 

Anvil/Boxcar Conceptual Plans

Brownfields Grant Info

Site Engineering - More Housing Now Grant