Brownfields Area-Wide Plannini
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Pilot Project Fact Sheet
EPA Brownfields Program
EPA's Brownfields Program empowers states, communi-
ties, and other stakeholders to work together to prevent,
assess, safely clean up, and sustainably reuse brown-
fields. A brownfield 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. In 2002, the Small
Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization
Act was passed to help states and communities around
the country clean up and revitalize brownfields sites. Un-
der this law, EPA provides financial assistance to eligible
applicants to assess and clean up brownfield sites.
Brownfields Area-Wide Planning Pilot
Program
EPA is piloting an area-wide planning approach to com-
munity brownfield challenges, which recognizes that
revitalization of the area surrounding the brownfield site(s)
is just as critical to the successful reuse of the property as
assessment, cleanup, and redevelopment of an individual
site. The pilot program will help further community-based
partnership efforts within underserved or economically
disadvantaged neighborhoods by confronting local envi-
ronmental and public health challenges related to brown-
fields, while creating a planning framework to advance
economic development and job creation.
Pilot Project Description
EPA has selected the City of Kansas City as a Brownfields
Area-Wide Planning Pilot Program recipient. The city is
focusing on the Municipal Farm property in the Eastwood
Hills neighborhood (population 7,053). The property occupies
327 acres, approximately 30 percent of the neighborhood,
and encompasses several municipal institutional sites
that have either known or perceived environmental risks.
Eastwood Hills has a population, median housing value,
and median income that are declining faster than the city
as a whole. City staff began meetings and discussions
with the Eastwood Hills community about the Municipal
Kansas City, MO
Pilot Program Description
EPA is awarding approximately $4
million in total across 23 recipients.
Recipients will each receive up to
approximately $175,000 in EPA
cooperative agreement and/or direct technical assis-
tance. Assistance will help recipients initiate develop-
ment of an area-wide plan and identify next steps and
resources needed to implement the plan.
Contacts
For additional information, brownfields news and
events, and publications and links, visit the EPA
Brownfields Web site (http://www.epa.aov/brownfieldsy
EPA's Office of Brownfields and Land Revitalization
(202) 566-0633
Assistance Recipient: City of Kansas City, MO
(816) 513-2897
The information presented in this fact sheet comes
from the project proposal; EPA cannot attest to the ac-
curacy of this information. The cooperative agreement
and/or direct technical assistance have not yet been
negotiated. Activities described in this fact sheet are
subject to change.
Farm properties and planning for sustainable reuses in
2009. The brownfields area-wide plan will determine the
suitability for a community garden in the project area, iden-
tify infrastructure and economic development strategies for
the brownfields, and determine the types of land use that
best meet community needs. Development of the plan is
expected to help leverage resources for the assessment,
cleanup, and reuse of brownfields, which will provide new
jobs and help meet the needs of disadvantaged residents.
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
(5105T)
EPA560-F-10-003K
October 2010
www.epa.gov/brownfields
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