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Brownfields 2QQ5
Grant Fact Sheet
Centra/Area
Development
Association,
Seattle, WA
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 Central Area Development Association (CADA)
was selected to receive a brownfields cleanup grant.
The CADA is a community development corporation
dedicated to revitalizing Seattle's (population 563,375)
Central Area. The profile of the Central Area (popula-
tion 34,053) is very different from that of the City of
Seattle. The poverty rate in the area is 19 percent, and
49 percent of residents are minorities. Sixty-two
percent of area residents earn 80 percent or less of the
city's median income, and 45 percent spend 30 percent
Cleanup Grant
$200,000 for hazardous substances
EPA has selected the Central Area Development
Association for a brownfields cleanup grant.
Grant funds will be used to clean up contaminated
soil and groundwater beneath the vacant Coleman
Building at 2203 East Union Street in Seattle.
Funds also will be used to conduct community
outreach activities. The contamination at the site
is attributed to its use as a dry cleaner from 1962
to 1976.
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: Central Area Development
Association, WA
206-328-2440
The cooperative agreement for this grant has not
yet been negotiated; therefore, activities described
in this fact sheet are subject to change.
or more of their income on rent. The target property,
the Coleman Building on East Union Street, is located
at an important and highly visible intersection in the
Central Area and has been neglected and underutilized
for about 20 years. Cleanup of the site will prevent
migration of contaminants, removing a potential health
risk to the community, and create both economic and
housing opportunities in the area. Redevelopment plans
for the property include a new, four-story mixed-use
building with approximately 5,500 square feet of
commercial space on the ground level and 45 afford-
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
(5105T)
EPA560-F-05-159
May 2005
www.epa.gov/brownfields
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able residential units on the upper levels. All of the
units will be targeted for households with incomes
below 50 percent of the city's median income. This
revitalizationis expected to stimulate additional rede-
velopment in the Central Area.
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