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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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