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 Brownfields  2003

  Grant Fact  Sheet

Development Downtown,

        Inc., Buffalo, NY



 EPA Brownfields Program

 EPA's Brownfields Program empowers states, commu-
 nities, and other stakeholders in economic development
 to work together to prevent, assess, safely clean up,
 and sustainably reuse brownfields.  A brownfield site is
 real property, the expansion, redevelopment, or reuse of
 which may be complicated by the presence or potential
 presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant, or con-
 taminant. On January 11, 2002, President George W.
 Bush signed into law the Small Business Liability Relief
 and Brownfields Revitalization Act. Under the
 Brownfields Law, EPA provides financial assistance to
 eligible applicants through four competitive grant
 programs: assessment grants, revolving loan fund grants,
 cleanup grants, and job training grants. Additionally,
 funding support is provided to state and tribal response
 programs through a separate mechanism.

 Community Description

 Development Downtown, Inc. was selected to receive
 a brownfields cleanup grant. Development Downtown,
 Inc. is a quasi-governmental entity under the supervi-
 sion of the City of Buffalo. Historically, Buffalo
 (population 292,648) has been upstate New York's
 primary manufacturing and industrial center, due in part
 to its strategic location on Lake Erie. The closing of
 numerous industrial facilities along Buffalo's water-
 ways and canals has contributed to urban blight and
 disinvestment in areas with high redevelopment
 potential. Buffalo is among the poorest of the 100
 largest U.S. cities in terms of household income,
 unemployment, and percentage of people on public
 assistance. The city has a poverty rate of nearly 27
                                 Cleanup Grant
                                 $200,000 for petroleum

                                 EPA has selected Development Downtown, Inc.
                                 for a brownfields cleanup grant. Grant funds will
                                 be used to conduct petroleum cleanup activities at
                                 Parcel 2 of the Union Ship Canal property, which
                                 is part of a larger mixed-use redevelopment
                                 project that will stimulate economic development
                                 in the City of Buffalo. An assessment of Parcel 2
                                 found 1,388 cubic yards of petroleum-contami-
                                 nated soils on the site.
                                 Contacts
                                 For further information, including specific grant
                                 contacts, additional grant information, brownfields
                                 news and events, and publications and links, visit
                                 the EPA Brownfields web site at: www.epa.gov/
                                 brownfields.

                                 EPA Region 2 Brownfields Team
                                 212-637-4314
                                 http://www.epa.gov/region02/superfund/
                                 brownfields/

                                 Grant Recipient: Development Downtown, Inc.,
                                 NY
                                 716-856-6525

                                 Prior to receipt of these funds in fiscal year 2003, Development
                                 Downtown, Inc. has not received brownfields grant funding.

                                 The cooperative agreement for this grant has not yet been
                                 negotiated; therefore, activities described in this fact sheet are
                                 subject to change.
                              percent and an unemployment rate of almost 13
                              percent. Fifteen percent of the total land area in the
                              city is vacant. Parcel 2 of the Union Ship Canal
                              property was used primarily for iron production and
                              included furnaces and numerous buildings.  Once
                              cleaned up, the parcel will be incorporated into the
                              Union Ship Canal Redevelopment project, which is
                              expected to dramatically stimulate economic develop-
                              ment in the City of Buffalo.
                                                 Solid Waste and
                                                 Emergency Response
                                                 (5105T)
                                                       EPA 500-F-03-084
                                                       June 2003
                                                       www.epa.gov/brownfields

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