United States
Environmental
Protection Agency
Washington, D.C. 20460
Solid Waste
and Emergency
Response (5101)
EPA 500-F-00-274
December 2000
www.epa.gov/brownfields/
Brownfields Job Training
and Development
Demonstration Pilot
City of Winston-Salem, NC
Outreach and Special Projects Staff (5105)
Quick Reference Fact Sheet
EPA's Brownfields Economic Redevelopment Initiative is designed to empower states, communities, and other
stakeholders in economic redevelopment to work together in a timely manner to prevent, assess, safely clean up, and
sustainably reuse brownfields. A brownfield is a site, or portion thereof, that has actual or perceived contamination and
an active potential for redevelopment or reuse. EPA is funding: assessment demonstration pilot programs (each funded
up to $200,000 over two years), to assess brownfields sites and to test cleanup and redevelopment models; job training
pilot programs (each funded up to $200,000 over two years), to provide training for residents of communities affected
by brownfields to facilitate cleanup of brownfields sites and prepare trainees for future employment in the environmental
field; and, cleanup revolving loan fund programs (each funded up to $1,000,000 over five years) to capitalize loan funds
to make loans for the environmental cleanup of brownfields. These pilot programs are intended to provide EPA, states,
tribes, municipalities, and communities with useful information and strategies as they continue to seek new methods
to promote a unified approach to site assessment, environmental cleanup, and redevelopment.
BACKGROUND
EPA has selected the City of Winston-Salem for a
Brownfields Job Training and Development
Demonstration Pilot. The City of Winston-Salem
(population 143,000) also is the recipient of a
Brownfields Assessment Pilot that focuses on the
City's Liberty Street Corridor Pilot Area. Residents
of this three-mile long corridorare 84%minority. The
decline of tobacco and clothing manufacturing facilities
in the Corridor have contributed to the economic
distress of residents, who suffer from an overall
unemployment rate of 12%.
The Job Training Pilot focuses on two public housing
complexes within the Liberty Street Corridor. These
residents are among the most economically
disadvantaged residents of Winston-Salem: more than
91 % live below the poverty line and the unemployment
rate is 83%. However, the Brownfields Assessment
Pilot has spurred the development of an Airport
Business Park in close proximity to the two housing
complexes. This development project will involve the
clearance of 200 properties, many of which have been
contaminated by past industrial activities. There is a
needto provide local residents with the skills required
to access the environmental jobs created by the
Airport Business Park and other redevelopment
projects in the City.
PILOT SNAPSHOT
City of Winston-Salem,
North Carolina
Contacts:
City of Winston-Salem
(336)727-8040
Date of Announcement:
December2000
Amount: $200,000
Profile: The Pilot will train 40
residents recruited from two
public housing developments
located within the economically
distressed Liberty Street
Gateway Pilot Area. When
completed, the trainingwill enable
them to have access to the
environmental technical jobs
created by the Airport Business
Park and other redevelopment
projects in the City.
Regional Brownfields Team
U.S. EPA - Region 4
(404)562-8660
Visit the EPA Region 4 Brownfields web site at:
http://www.epa.gov/region4/wastepgs/brownfpgs/bf.htm
Forfurther information, including specific Pilot contacts,
additional Pilot information, brownfields news and events, and
publications and links, visit the EPA Brownfields web site at:
http://www.epa.gov/brownfields/
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TRAINING OBJECTIVES
The City of Winston-Salem and its partners plan to
train 40 participants, achieve an 80% placement rate,
and support career placement of graduates for one
year after the training is completed. Participants will
be recruited from the Piedmont Park and Cleveland
Avenue Homes communities. The Pilot training
program will consistofan introduction to environmental
media, OSHA health and safety, sampling, field
measurement, field screeningtechniques, introduction
to environmental regulations, hazardous waste
management, CAD operation, and GIS operation,
including training in the use of innovative assessment
and cleanup technologies. Classes will be offered
during the day, evening, and on weekends, as necessary.
The training efforts of the City ofWinston-Salem will
be supported by organizations such as the State of
North Carolina, Forsyth Technical Community College,
Winston-Salem State University, Wake Forest
University, North Carolina A&T State, and a number
of community-based organizations, financial institutions,
civic groups, and private companies. A Job Training
Advisory Council comprised of community
representatives from a variety of private and public
organizations will oversee the program. Local
employers have committed to hire participants to fill
environmental j obs.
ACTIVITIES
Activities planned as part of this Pilot include:
• Conducting outreach to recruit residents from the
Piedmont Park and Cleveland Avenue Homes
communities located within the Liberty Street
Gateway Pilot Area;
• Conducting training for entry-level positions as
brownfields field technicians, including courses in
the use of innovative assessment and cleanup
technologies; and
• Supporting career placement of students for one
year after the job training is completed.
The cooperative agreement for this Pilot has not yet been negotiated;
therefore, activities described in this fact sheet are subject to change.
Brownfields Job Training and Development Demonstration Pilot
December2000
CityofWinston-Salem, North Carolina
EPA500-F-00-274
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