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  Brownfields  2004

  Grant  Fact Sheet

         Mystic Valley

         Development

          Commission,

         Medford,  MA


EPA Brownfields Program

EPA's Brownfields Program empowers states, communi-
ties, 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
programs through a separate mechanism.

Community Description

The Mystic Valley Development Commission was
selected to receive two brownfields cleanup grants. The
commission represents the tri-county partnership of the
communities of Everett, Maiden, and Medford (combined
population 150,000). The minority population rates for the
three communities range from 13 percent to 28 percent.
All three towns have lower per capita incomes than the
state as a whole. The targeted sites are located in the
200-acre contiguous brownfields site known as TeleCom
City. Historically, the site supported numerous industrial
facilities along the Maiden River until they closed down or
relocated, leaving behind low-end businesses, trailer
   Cleanup Grants
   $400,000 for hazardous substances

   EPA has selected the Mystic Valley Development
   Commission for two brownfields cleanup grants.
   Grant funds will be used to clean up the Maiden
   River Park portions of the former Paonessa property,
   a concrete recycling, excavation, and demolition site,
   and the former Kazanjian property, a box trailer
   storage and automotive body repair site. Both sites
   are in the city of Medford. Remediation includes the
   construction of a three-foot cap over both properties
   to  allow for reuse of the sites as recreational space,
   walkways, and general open space.
   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 1 Brownfields Team
   617-918-1221
   http://www.epa.gov/region01/brownfields/

   Grant Recipient: Mystic Valley Development
   Commission, MA
   617-381-7711

   The cooperative agreement for this grant has not
   yet been negotiated; therefore, the activities
   described in this fact sheet are subject to change.
storage, and abandoned properties. The average poverty
rate in the TeleCom City project area is 8.6 percent.
Cleanup and redevelopment of these two properties,
totaling 7.7 acres, as parkland, will allow public access to
the waterfront for the first time in over 100 years.
Although the sites are in the Medford project area, all
three communities will benefit, since the park abuts the
city line and is within easy reach of the other two towns.
This project is critical to the entire TeleCom City develop-
ment. When completed, the project will bring office,
research and development, manufacturing, and public
open space to the area.
                                                  Solid Waste and
                                                  Emergency Response
                                                  (5105T)
                         EPA560-F-04-155
                         June 2004
                         www.epa.gov/brownfields

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