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Brownfields 2004
Grant Fact Sheet
Fort Worth Opportunity
Center, TX
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. Abrownfield 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. On January 11, 2002, the President
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 pro-
grams through a separate mechanism.
Community Description
The Fort Worth Opportunity Center (FWOC) was
selected to receive a brownfields cleanup grant. The
target site is occupied by an abandoned structure once
used to package chemical standards for sale to com-
mercial laboratories and medical facilities. It is part of
the FWOC facility in a section of the old central city
community of Fort Worth. Almost half of the central
city community's 66,000 residents in the affected area
are African-American and 19 percent are Hispanic.
Unemployment in the target area is above 10 percent,
and more than 20 percent of area residents live below
the poverty level. Redeveloping this site will allow
FWOC to expand its job skills training programs and
Cleanup Grant
$200,000 for hazardous substances
EPA has selected the Fort Worth Opportunity
Center (FWOC) for a brownfields cleanup grant.
The cleanup grant will be used to clean up
hazardous substances contamination on the
former Anderson Laboratories, Inc. property at
5901 Fitzhugh Avenue. This site will be used to
expand the FWOC, a workforce development
initiative.
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 6 Brownfields Team
214-665-2180
http://www.epa.gov/region6/brownfields
Grant Recipient: Fort Worth Opportunity Center, TX
817-515-2510
The cooperative agreement for this grant has not
yet been negotiated; therefore, activities described
in this fact sheet are subject to change.
revenues. Offering these skills to residents of the
target area and Fort Worth is expected to help break
the cycle of poverty and prevent neighborhood decline.
Trainees will be able to command livable wages,
thereby increasing their ability to purchase goods and
services, and bolstering the local economy.
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
(5105T)
EPA 560-F-04-046
June 2004
www.epa.gov/brownfields
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