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Brownfields 2005
Grant Fact Sheet
Community Partners
for Affordable Housing,
Portland, OR
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 Community Partners for Affordable Housing was
selected to receive a brownfields cleanup grant. The
Bertha Triangle target site is located in the Hillsdale
neighborhood in southwest Portland (population
529,121). The target community consists of low-
income seniors living in or near the Hillsdale neighbor-
hood. Twenty percent of Bertha Triangle area resi-
dents are over 55 years old. Although almost half of all
renter households over the age of 55 are rent bur-
dened, paying more than 30 percent of their monthly
income for rent and utilities, there are no subsidized
senior housing developments in the market area.
Cleanup Grant
$180,000 for petroleum
EPA has selected the Community Partners for
Affordable Housing for a brownfields cleanup
grant. Grant funds will be used to decommission
existing groundwater monitoring wells, prepare a
cleanup plan, and remove and dispose of contami-
nated soils at the Bertha Triangle site in Hillsdale
Town Center, Portland, Oregon. Funds also will
be used to dispose of contaminated groundwater
encountered during excavation. A targeted
assessment completed at the site revealed the
presence of petroleum contamination consistent
with the former use of the property as an automo-
bile wrecking yard and fueling station.
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 10 Brownfields Team
206-553-2100
http://www.epa.gov/rlOearth, click on
"Superfund", scroll down and click on
"Brownfields"
Grant Recipient: Community Partners for Afford-
able Housing, OR
503-968-2724
The cooperative agreement for this grant has not
yet been negotiated; therefore, activities described
in this fact sheet are subject to change.
Cleanup of the Bertha Triangle site will enable the
redevelopment of the property into a 51-unit affordable
senior housing facility, with eight units set aside for
formerly homeless veterans. The development also will
include ground floor commercial space, parking, and a
community center.
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
(5105T)
EPA560-F-05-155
May 2005
www.epa.gov/brownfields
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