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Brownfields 2007
Grant Fact Sheet
Fort Wayne, IN
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 City of Fort Wayne was selected to receive a
brownfields assessment grant. Fort Wayne (population
252,000), in northeastern Indiana, has a long history of
intensive manufacturing. The city's older industrial
corridor, which follows the major rail lines through the
city, has experienced many plant closings and disin-
vestment. Fort Wayne has identified at least 68 signifi-
cant brownfields properties totaling over 3,100 acres.
It anticipates there are more than 1,000 smaller
brownfields properties, including gas stations and
underground storage tanks, throughout the city.
Between 2000 and 2006, about 15,100 manufacturing
jobs were lost in Fort Wayne, the largest number of
jobs lost in the state. Nearly 67 percent of the residents
in the three census tracts most directly affected by the
Assessment Grant
$200,000 for petroleum
EPA has selected the City of Fort Wayne for a
brownfields assessment grant. Petroleum grant
funds will be used for community outreach, site
inventory and prioritization, and conducting up to
15 Phase I environmental site assessments on
selected sites.
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 5 Brownfields Team
312-886-7576
http://www.epa.gov/R5Brownfields/
Grant Recipient: City of Fort Wayne, IN
260-427-1127
The information presented in this fact sheet comes
from the grant proposal; EPA cannot attest to the
accuracy of this information. The cooperative
agreement for the grant has not yet been negoti-
ated. Therefore, activities described in this fact
sheet are subject to change.
brownfields are minorities, and the housing vacancy rate
exceeds 23 percent. The poverty rate among the city's
minorities is about 30 percent higher than that of the
state. The city has a significant need for residential
redevelopment, jobs, and the removal of environmental
contamination that the assessment grant will promote.
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
(5105T)
EPA 560-F-07-051
May 2007
www.epa.gov/brownfields
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