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Brownfields 2004
Grant Fact Sheet
Community Housing
Development
Corporation of North
Richmond, CA
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 Community Housing Development Corporation of
North Richmond was selected to receive a brownfields
cleanup grant. The City of Richmond, population
93,000, was one of the first Bay Area cities to confront
the full range of modern urban problems, starting
shortly after WWII. Today, the city has the highest
minority population of any Bay Area city. African-
American, Hispanic, and Asian residents make up
more than 69 percent of the population. More than 52
percent of the residents are on public assistance, and
Cleanup Grant
$200,000 for petroleum
EPA has selected the Community Housing Devel-
opment Corporation of North Richmond for a
brownfields cleanup grant. The grant will be used
to clean up petroleum contamination at 1300 Filbert
Street, the site of a former gas station. Once
cleaned up, three single-family affordable homes
will be constructed at the site.
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 9 Brownfields Team
415-972-3188
http://www.epa.gov/region09/waste/brown/
Grant Recipient: Community Housing
Development Corporation of North Richmond, CA
510-412-9290
The cooperative agreement for this grant has not
yet been negotiated; therefore, activities described
in this fact sheet are subject to change.
almost 55 percent have not completed high school.
Richmond has all the classic indices of distress,
including low income, high unemployment, vacant and
boarded-up housing, high rental population, and low
educational achievement. The target community of
North Richmond (population 15,000) is a neighborhood
of deteriorating housing interspersed with industrial and
other potentially hazardous land uses. This project not
only will result in new affordable housing units, but is
expected to generate employment opportunities for at-
risk youth and adults during construction.
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
(5105T)
EPA 560-F-04-034
June 2004
www.epa.gov/brownfields
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