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  Brownfields 2004

  Grant  Fact Sheet

          Dayton,  OH




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 City of Dayton was selected to receive a
brownfields assessment grant. Dayton (population
166,179) was once a thriving manufacturing commu-
nity. As manufacturing jobs were eliminated, the
downtown area fell into disuse and disrepair. The
current unemployment rate of city residents is 10.1
percent, approximately 23 percent of city households
live below the poverty level, and 25 percent of resi-
dents never completed high school. Forty-seven
percent of the city's population is made up of minori-
ties, and 51 percent of the downtown target area
population of 2,040 is African-American. The targeted
parcels are part of a former industrial site that is
associated with the largest brownfields redevelopment
  Assessment Grant
  $200,000 for hazardous substances

  EPA has selected the City of Dayton for a
  brownfields assessment grant. Grant funds will be
  used to conduct community outreach, perform
  property-specific risk assessments, and conduct
  Phase I and Phase II assessments and
  remediation planning at up to four parcels of a
  former industrial site in downtown Dayton.
  Funding will also support an ecological risk
  assessment of the Mad River.
   Contacts
  For further information, including specific grant
  contacts, additional grant information, brownfields
  news and events, and publications and links, visit
  the EPA Brownfields website at: www.epa.gov/
  brownfields

  EPA Region 5 Brownfields Team
  312-886-7576
  http://www.epa.gov/R5Brownfields/

  Grant Recipient: Dayton, OH
  937-333-3820

  The cooperative agreement for this grant has not
  yet been negotiated; therefore, the activities
  described in this fact sheet are subject to change.
project in Dayton. Assessment of the parcels will
enhance the eventual redevelopment of the entire
project area and help set the stage for private invest-
ment and new employment opportunities for Dayton's
citizens.
                                                 Solid Waste and
                                                 Emergency Response
                                                 (5105T)
                        EPA560-F-04-124
                        June 2004
                        www.epa.gov/brownfields

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