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  Brownfields  2005

  Grant Fact  Sheet

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           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, President George
W. Bush 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. Addi-
tionally, funding support is provided to state and tribal
response programs through a separate mechanism.

Community Description

The Miami Model City Community Revitalization
District Trust was  selected to receive a brownfields
cleanup grant. The Trust, an agency of the City of
Miami, provides oversight and helps facilitate the city's
revitalization efforts within the Model City district. Of
Miami's 362,470 residents, 23,135 live in this district,
and 96 percent of residents are African-American. The
area has a poverty rate of 50 percent.  During the civil
disturbances of 1980, businesses in the area were
destroyed and property was abandoned, contributing to
  Cleanup Grant
A2005
  $200,000 for petroleum

  EPA has selected the Miami Model City Commu-
  nity Revitalization District Trust for a brownfields
  cleanup grant. Grant funds will be used to clean
  up petroleum contamination at the former Star
  Service Station at 1199 NW 62nd Street, including
  soil and groundwater cleanup activities. Funds
  also will be used to conduct redevelopment and
  health/risk planning, and community outreach
  activities.
  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
  404-562-8684
  http://www.epa.gov/region4/waste/bf/index.htm

  Grant Recipient: Model City Community
  Revitalization District Trust, FL
  305-635-2301, ext. 374

  The cooperative agreement for this grant has not
  yet been negotiated; therefore, activities described
  in this fact sheet are subject to change.
the slums and blight in the neighborhood. The loss in
population between 1990 and 2000 was accompanied
by a loss of almost 1,000 housing units. Cleanup of the
former Star Service Station will allow the development
of an African-American Medical Museum at the site.
Cleanup of the site is part of a larger area-wide
redevelopment effort, which will expand the tax base,
spur economic development, create jobs, and
reconfigure the district through smart growth.
                                                Solid Waste and
                                                Emergency Response
                                                (5105T)
                        EPA560-F-05-181
                        May 2005
                        www.epa.gov/brownfields

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