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Brownfields 2004
Grant Fact Sheet
Springfield, OH
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 City of Springfield was selected to receive a
brownfields cleanup grant. Of the city's 65,736 resi-
dents, 2,847 live in the target area, where 74 percent of
the residents have low or moderate incomes. Approxi-
mately 39 percent of those residents live in poverty.
The city is rebounding from industry divestiture, which
has left behind abandoned buildings and vacant lots.
New commercial and retail investments proposed for
the site are expected to bring jobs and additional tax
revenue to the city. Redevelopment of the site will
remove blight, reuse the property, and improve health
and safety issues for the surrounding community.
Cleanup Grant
$200,000 for hazardous substances
EPA has selected the City of Springfield for a
brownfields cleanup grant. Grant funds will be
used to clean up hazardous substances contami-
nation on the former SPECO-Kelsey-Hayes
Manufacturing Facility on West Columbia Avenue,
which has been used for various manufacturing
and industrial purposes since the late 1800s.
Cleanup of the site will include soil remediation
and demolition of existing structures.
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 5 Brownfields Team
312-886-7576
http://www.epa.gov/R5Brownfields/
Grant Recipient: Springfield, OH
937-324-7305
The cooperative agreement for this grant has not
yet been negotiated; therefore, the activities
described in this fact sheet are subject to change.
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
(5105T)
EPA 560-F-04-093
June 2004
www.epa.gov/brownfields
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