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 Brownfields 2005
  Grant  Fact Sheet
Cleveland Heights,  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, 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 Cleveland Heights was selected to receive
two brownfields cleanup grants. Cleveland Heights
(population 50,769) is a first-ring suburb of Cleveland
composed mostly of residential neighborhoods and
retail and service-oriented commercial businesses.
These businesses have supported the local economy
since the 1930s. Since 1990, the city has experienced a
6.1 percent decline in its population. At the same time,
the number of individuals living in poverty has in-
creased significantly. The city is looking for ways to
rejuvenate its social and economic health while retain-
ing existing businesses and residents. Cleanup of the
target sites along the Cedar-Lee Special Improvement
District will remove a blight that divides the two ends
   Cleanup Grants
   $400,000 for petroleum

   EPA has selected the City of Cleveland Heights
   for two brownfields cleanup grants. Grant funds
   will be used to excavate and dispose of petro-
   leum-contaminated soils, and install vapor barriers
   at the Domain on Lee-North site at 2223 Lee
   Road and the Domain on Lee-South site at 2231
   Lee Road. Both sites are former service stations.
   Funds also will be used to remove and close five
   monitoring wells at the North 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 5 Brownfields Team
  312-886-7576
  http://www.epa.gov/R5Brownfields/

  Grant Recipient: City of Cleveland Heights, OH
  216-291-4857

  The cooperative agreement for this grant has not
  yet been negotiated; therefore, activities described
  in this fact sheet are subject to change.
of the district and limits foot-traffic in the retail district.
The city plans to redevelop the sites with a 46-unit
condominium complex, 18,000 square feet of new
storefronts, and a 300-car parking garage. These
improvements are designed to maintain existing
residents and businesses, attract new ones, and spur
further development along Lee Road.
                                                 Solid Waste and
                                                 Emergency Response
                                                 (5105T)
                        EPA560-F-05-105
                        May 2005
                        www.epa.gov/brownfields

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