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  Brownfields  2004

  Grant  Fact  Sheet

     Miami Model City

           Community

  Revitalization District

             Trust,  FL

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, the President
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. Additionally, funding
support is provided to state and tribal response pro-
grams through a separate mechanism.
Community Description
The Miami Model City Community Revitalization
District Trust was  selected to receive two brownfields
cleanup grants. The poverty rate in the city is 42.7
percent, and the unemployment rate is 19.1 percent.
Model City (population 23,13 5), a Brownfields Show-
case Community, is located in the northwest sector of
the City of Miami (population 362,470). Once athriving
area, Model City went into decline following the 1980
civil disturbances. The median per capita income for
Model City is $6,253, or 25 percent of the Miami
median. Almost 97 percent of Model City residents are
  Cleanup Grants
  $400,000 for petroleum
  EPA has selected the Miami Model City Commu-
  nity Revitalization District Trust to receive two
  brownfields cleanup grants. Grant funds will be
  used to conduct cleanup activities at the former
  Gipson's Service Station at 1501 NW 62nd Street
  and at the former JG Shamrock/Supreme Service
  Station at 6200 NW 17th Avenue. Soil contamina-
  tion at the Gipson site is widespread, and includes
  petroleum hydrocarbon constituents. Both soil and
  groundwater at the Shamrock site have wide-
  spread petroleum hydrocarbon contamination.
  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
  404-562-8493
  http://www.epa.gov/region4/waste/bf/index.htm
  Grant Recipient: Miami Model City Community
  Revitalization District Trust, FL
  305-416-1453
  The cooperative agreement for this grant has not
  yet been negotiated; therefore, the activities
  described in this fact sheet are subject to change.
African-American. Both targeted properties are along
the proposed commercial/retail boundary of the Model
City Community Revitalization District Trust. Once
cleaned up, the proposed redevelopment of the Gipson
property involves consolidating the site with adjoining
properties to create a micro-business incubator that
will address the area's need for office space. The
proposed reuse of the Shamrock property is as a short-
term transitional housing facility that would include a
state-of-the-art HIV/AIDS clinic.
                                                 Solid Waste and
                                                 Emergency Response
                                                 (5105T)
                        EPA560-F-04-148
                        June 2004
                        www.epa.gov/brownfields

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