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Brownfields 2006
Grant Fact Sheet
North Star Center for
Human Development,
Hartford, CT
EPA Brownfields Program
EPA's Brownfields Program empowers states, commu-
nities, and other stakeholders 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 Star Center for Human Development was
selected to receive a brownfields cleanup grant. The
Center is a non-profit organization based in Hartford
(population 121,500), which is among the country's
eight poorest cities. After the industrial decline of the
1980s and 1990s, many buildings and sites with
potential environmental hazards were abandoned.
Today, one-third of all areas zoned for commercial or
industrial use in the city are brownfields. The target
site is in the Northeast neighborhood (population
10,951) of Hartford, where 98 percent of residents are
Cleanup Grant
$200,000 for hazardous substances
EPA has selected the North Star Center for
Human Development for a brownfields cleanup
grant. Hazardous substances grant funds will be
used to clean up the Hartford Car Wash site at
2434 to 2470 Main Street, where soils are con-
taminated with chlorinated volatile organic
compounds and metals. Various businesses
operated at the site, including an auto repair
facility, a car wash, an auto body shop, a metal
finishing operation, and a bottling facility. Grant
funds also will be used for groundwater monitor-
ing and community involvement 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 1 Brownfields Team
617-918-1424
http://www.epa.gov/region01/brownfields/
Grant Recipient: North Star Center for Human
Development, CT
860-246-3526
The cooperative agreement for this grant has not
yet been negotiated; therefore, activities described
in this fact sheet are subject to change.
minorities and almost 50 percent of families live below
the poverty level. Fewer then 20 percent of the housing
units in the Northeast neighborhood are owner-occu-
pied, and approximately 20 percent of occupied
buildings need rehabilitation and repair. After the
brownfields are cleaned up, they will be used for
affordable housing and a new community center.
Brownfields redevelopment is expected to benefit
Hartford residents by providing stable and affordable
housing, providing services and activities for neighbor-
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
(5105T)
EPA 560-F-06-208
May 2006
www.epa.gov/brownfields
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hood youths, and reducing threats to human health and
the environment.
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