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Brownfields 2005
Grant Fact Sheet
Winston-Salem, NC
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. The
brownfields job training grants provide residents of
communities impacted by brownfields with the skills
and training needed to effectively gain employment in
assessment and cleanup activities associated with
brownfield redevelopment and environmental
remediation. Additionally, funding support is provided to
state and tribal response programs through a separate
mechanism.
Community Description
The City of Winston-Salem was selected to receive a
job training grant. Declining textile and tobacco indus-
tries have severely affected the city's economy
(population 185,776) and left the city littered with
brownfields. This grant will focus on residents of the
Job Training Grant
$183,000
EPA has selected the City of Winston-Salem for a
job training grant. The city plans to train up to 40
students, place 26 graduates in environmental
technician jobs, and track students for one year.
The training program will offer 214 hours of
course work, including HAZWOPER, eight-hour
HAZMAT, air quality issues, assessments and
field testing, soil and water management, field
observation, and introduction to technology and
remediation. An additional eight hours of
HAZWOPER recertification will be provided.
Forsyth Technical Community College will be the
primary trainer. Students will be recruited from
among unemployed or underemployed residents of
the Liberty Street Corridor, Southeast Gateway
community, and other areas of the city affected
by brownfields. The Northwest Piedmont Council
of Governments Workforce Development Board
will assist with the placement of graduates in
environmental technician jobs.
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
404-562-8660
http://www.epa.gov/region4/waste/bf/index.htm
Grant Recipient: Winston-Salem, NC
336-747-7475
The cooperative agreement for this grant has not
yet been negotiated; therefore, activities described
in this fact sheet are subject to change.
Liberty Street Corridor (unemployment 17 percent,
poverty 27-47 percent), Southeast Gateway community
(unemployment 20 percent, poverty 46 percent), and
other areas of the city affected by brownfields. The
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
(5105T)
EPA 560-F-05-253
May 2005
www.epa.gov/brownfields
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Liberty Street Corridor, Southeast Gateway district.
and downtown are among the city's oldest commercial
and industrial areas. This five-mile-long area is experi-
encing significant redevelopment, with several large
redevelopment projects being planned or underway.
The combination of accelerating redevelopment work
and continuing loss of industrial jobs is increasing the
demand for trained environmental technicians.
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