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  Brownfields 2004

  Grant  Fact Sheet

        SaA?  Francisco

      Redevelopment

          Agency,  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 San Francisco Redevelopment Agency was
selected to receive a brownfields assessment grant and
a cleanup grant. Of the city's 776,733 residents, 35,172
live in the Western Addition community. This area has
been impacted over the years by many government
programs, including deportation to internment camps of
many of its Japanese residents during World War II,
the construction of the double-decker Central Freeway
through the heart of the area, and the demolition of
housing and small businesses during the urban renewal
programs of the 1960s and 1970s. The poverty rate in
the Western Addition target area is 15.8 percent,
                        Assessment Grant
                        $200,000 for hazardous substances

                        EPA has selected the San Francisco Redevelop-
                        ment Agency to receive a brownfields assessment
                        grant. Grant funds will be used to perform Phase
                        II assessments at four sites in the Western
                        Addition District slated for redevelopment as
                        affordable housing units and open space. Grant
                        funds will also be used for community outreach
                        activities.
                        Cleanup Grant
                        $200,000 for petroleum

                        EPA has selected the San Francisco Redevelop-
                        ment Agency to receive a brownfields cleanup
                        grant. Grant funds will be used to clean up Parcel
                        732-A, a former commercial site located at the
                        northeast corner of Fillmore and Eddy Streets in
                        the Western Addition community of San Fran-
                        cisco. Grant funds will also be used to perform
                        community outreach activities. The target site will
                        be redeveloped into ajazz club, restaurant, and
                        office 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 9 Brownfields Team
                        415-972-3188
                        http://www.epa.gov/region09/waste/brown

                        Grant Recipient: San Francisco Redevelopment
                        Agency, CA
                        415-749-2441

                        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)
                                                                    EPA560-F-04-194
                                                                    June 2004
                                                                    www.epa.gov/brownfields

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compared to 11.3 percent in the entire city. The
population of this area is 22 percent African-American.
20 percent Asian, and 3 percent Hispanic. Within the
area, 14,178 people live in the Fillmore neighborhood,
once the center of the city's African-American
community. Today, 18.1 percent of the Fillmore
population lives below the poverty rate. African-
Americans in the Fillmore neighborhood make up 33.2
percent of the population, 18.3 percent are Asian
Pacific Islander, and 3 percent are Hispanic.
Brownfields redevelopment is expected to transform
the former Central Freeway, which was damaged by
the 1989 earthquake, into a surface road, with new
affordable housing, open space, neighborhood-serving
commercial uses, and pedestrian improvements in the
community. Cleanup of the Fillmore neighborhood site
will ensure the development of the Fillmore Jazz
Center mixed-use project.

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