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 Grant Fact  Sheet

   West Seattle Food

           Bank,  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 West Seattle Food Bank (WSFB) was selected to
receive a brownfields cleanup grant. The WSFB is a
nonprofit organization that provides food assistance to
over  10,300 West Seattle residents. The target area is
the Delridge neighborhood of West Seattle, part  of one
of the city's federally designated Enterprise Communi-
ties. The majority of the area's 36,134 residents  have
low and moderate incomes and 55 percent are minor-
ity. The community is highly diverse, with 35 different
languages spoken in Delridge schools. Nearly 65
percent of school-aged children qualify for free or
reduced-price school lunches. Cleanup of the target
site, a 12,000-square-foot parcel adjacent to the food
bank, will allow the WSFB to expand on its vision of
                                    Cleanup Grant
A2005
                                    $77,145 for petroleum

                                    EPA has selected the West Seattle Food Bank for
                                    a brownfields cleanup grant. Grant funds will be
                                    used to clean up petroleum-contaminated soils at
                                    the West Seattle Community Resource Center
                                    site located at 6500 35th Avenue. The approxi-
                                    mately 12,000-square-foot site was used as a gas
                                    service station from 1949 to 1969.
                                    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: West Seattle Food Bank, WA
                                    206-923-0917, ext. 115

                                    The cooperative agreement for this grant has not
                                    yet been negotiated; therefore, activities described
                                    in this fact sheet are  subject to change.
                                  the West Seattle Community Resource Center. The
                                  current center includes the food bank, the community
                                  helpline, and 14 apartment units. The addition of this
                                  parcel will accommodate two more agencies as
                                  permanent tenants, six other nonprofit service agen-
                                  cies, and 20 affordable housing units. This redevelop-
                                  ment will allow the WSFB to provide a host of services
                                  to its clients from a single location and provide a total
                                  of 34 affordable housing units for low-income families.
                                  An estimated 24,000 people annually will benefit from
                                  these services.
                                                  Solid Waste and
                                                  Emergency Response
                                                  (5105T)
                                                          EPA560-F-05-164
                                                          May 2005
                                                          www.epa.gov/brownfields

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