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Brownfields 2007
Grant Fact Sheet
Main South
Community
Development
Corporation,
Worcester, MA
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 Main South Community Development Corporation
was selected to receive a brownfields cleanup grant.
Located in the City of Worcester, the Main South
neighborhood (population 3,679) is one of the most
distressed and densely developed neighborhoods in the
city. From 1960 to 2000, the neighborhood's population
decreased 35 percent. In 2000, 40 percent of the
Cleanup Grant
$200,000 for hazardous substances
EPA has selected the Main South Community
Development Corporation for a brownfields
cleanup grant. Hazardous substances grant funds
will be used to clean up a 1.7-acre site located at
93 Grand Street in Worcester. The site was used
by a manufacturing company and is contaminated
with co-mingled petroleum, volatile organic com-
pounds, metals, and PCBs. Grant funds also will be
used to support 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: Main South Community Develop-
ment Corporation, MA
508-752-6181
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.
neighborhood's population earned incomes below the
poverty level, and the unemployment rate was 11.4
percent. The neighborhood is dominated by large tracts
of old mill space, with at least 50 acres of mill buildings.
Cleanup of the target site is part of a larger effort to
redevelop a 5.3-acre brownfields area for housing and
commercial, retail, and light industrial uses. The redevel-
oped area will generate an estimated $ 170,000 in new
tax revenue and spur further revitalization in the Main
South neighborhood.
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
(5105T)
EPA560-F-07-101
May 2007
www.epa.gov/brownfields
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