Brownfields Sustainability

            Pilot Fact Sheet


      Community Center

         Rooftop  Garden

EPA Brownfields Program

EPA's Brownfields Program empowers states,
communities, and other stakeholders 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 contaminant.

EPA's Browufields Sustainability Pilots provide technical
assistance to support communities in achieving greener,
more sustainable assessment, cleanup, and redevelopment
at their brownfields projects. These pilots will also serve
as models for other communities across the country.

Project Description

EPA has selected the Latino Community Development
Agency (LCDA) to receive a Brownfields Sustainability
Pilot. LCDA is a nonprofit organization whose mission is
to improve the quality of life for the growing Latino
population in Oklahoma City. LCDA is redeveloping a
former commercial retail property that has been vacant
since the 1980s and is currently contributing to blight in
the Capitol Hill area of Oklahoma City. The project will
transform the building into a critically needed community
resource. EPA's assistance will support design plans for a
community rooftop garden with a sustainable stormwater
management system. These plans will reflect innovative
approaches in green building concepts and long term
stewardship. The building will be LCDA's new home, out
of which various community sendees (e.g., healthcare,
daycare, senior services, social services, etc.) will be
provided.
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Technical  Assistance:
Roof Garden  Design
Technical Assistance Recipient:

Latino Community Development Agency (LCDA)

Project Focus:

Design plans for a community rooftop garden with a
sustainable stormwater management system in
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Funding Amount:

$25,000
Contacts
For further information, including additional technical
assistance information, brownfields news and events,
and publications and links, visit the EPA Brownfields
Web site at: www.epa.gov/brownfields.

EPA Region 6 Brownfields Team
214-665-6736
www.epa.gov/Region6/6sf7bfpages/sfbfliome.litm

The information presented in this fact sheet conies
from the proposal for technical assistance; EPA cannot
attest to the accuracy of this information. The
implementation plan for the technical assistance has
not yet been finalized. Therefore, activities described in
this fact sheet are subject to change.
                                                          Solid Waste and
                                                          Emergency Response
                                                          (5105T)
                         EPA560-F-08-274
                         July 2008
                         www.epa.gov/brownfields

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