Brownfields 2005
Grant Fact Sheet
Clarksville, TN
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, 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. Addi-
tionally, funding support is provided to state and tribal
response programs through a separate mechanism.
Community Description
The City of Clarksville was selected to receive a
brownfields assessment grant. The city (population
103,455) is located at the confluence of the Red and
Cumberland Rivers in north central Tennessee.
Founded in 1784, it became a shipping, agricultural, and
industrial center. Over time, city development and
residences spread outward, leaving the old commercial/
industrial district of the central city with run-down
properties that were potentially contaminated with
hazardous substances from the past. Industrial uses in
this 130-acre target area have included a foundry, tire
manufacturing plant, salvage yards, and a petroleum
tank farm. Bordering the area is one of the city's older
residential areas, where 50 percent of families with
Assessment Grant
$200,000 for petroleum
EPA has selected the City of Clarksville for a
brownfields assessment grant. Petroleum grant
funds will be used to develop an inventory of sites
in a 130-acre area in the industrial district of the
central city, conduct Phase I and II site assess-
ments, and develop cleanup plans. Funds also will
be used to conduct community outreach activities.
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 4 Brownfields Team
404-562-8684
http://www.epa.gov/region4/waste/bf/index.htm
Grant Recipient: City of Clarksville, TN
931-221-0754
The cooperative agreement for this grant has not
yet been negotiated; therefore, activities described
in this fact sheet are subject to change.
children live in poverty, and unemployment is as high as
15 percent. The target area is in the center of a 1,350-
acre redevelopment area planned by the city.
Brownfields redevelopment will revitalize these
neighborhoods, bring affordable housing to the area,
create jobs, enhance the tax base, remove blight, and
improve the standard of living for city residents.
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
(5105T)
EPA 560-F-05-086
May 2005
www.epa.gov/brownfields
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