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Brownfields 2005
Grant Fact Sheet
North Shreveport
Development
Corporation, LA
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 North Shreveport Development Corporation
(NSDC) was selected to receive a brownfields cleanup
grant. The project site is located in Caddo Parish, home
to approximately 150,000 residents. The NSDC serves a
population of 42,091. More than 90 percent of residents
in the target neighborhood are minorities, and nearly 40
percent live in poverty. The Moran Galvanizing Industrial
Area targeted for cleanup functioned as a galvanizing
plant for 40 years. Closed in 1985, it remains an unsafe,
unsightly property along a widely used route in North
Shreveport. Once cleaned up, the NSDC plans to
develop the site as an open air, year-round farmer's
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Cleanup Grant
$150,000 for hazardous substances
EPA has selected the North Shreveport Develop-
ment Corporation for a brownfields cleanup grant.
Grant funds will be used to conduct community
involvement activities, develop a remediation plan,
and clean up soil and groundwater contamination
at the Moran Galvanizing Industrial Area site. The
metals contamination is a result of 40 years of
galvanizing operations 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 6 Brownfields Team
214-665-6736
http://www.epa.gov/earthlr6/6sf/bfpages/
sfbfhome.htm
Grant Recipient: North Shreveport Development
Corporation, LA
318-424-9794
The cooperative agreement for this grant has not
yet been negotiated; therefore, activities described
in this fact sheet are subject to change.
market. The market is expected to add at least 100 new
jobs through the incubation of 50 small, minority- and
female-owned businesses to the area, and increase tax
revenues. The market would complement the new
convention center just minutes away, serve as a social
gathering point, and provide access to retail, recreational,
and green space. The long-term redevelopment plan for
the site also includes a railroad museum on the aban-
doned rail spur that runs along the property. Together,
the open air market and museum will provide tourism
and retail opportunities in the area, which would motivate
revitalization of the surrounding neighborhood.
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
(5105T)
EPA560-F-05-111
May 2005
www.epa.gov/brownfields
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