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 Brownfields 2007

  Grant  Fact  Sheet

          Community

        Development

 Corporation of South

     Berkshire,  Great

       Barrington, 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 Community Development Corporation of South
Berkshire was selected to receive a brownfields
cleanup grant. Located along the Housatonic River in
southern Berkshire County, the Town of Great
Barrington (population 7,527) has an immediate need
for affordable housing. A demand for second homes in
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 Cleanup Grant
 $200,000 for hazardous substances
 EPA has selected the Community Development
 Corporation of South Berkshire for a brownfields
 cleanup grant. Hazardous substances grant funds
 will be used to clean up the eight-acre New
 England Log Home site located at 100 Bridge
 Street in the Town of Great Barrington. Contami-
 nation includes dioxins, heavy metals, and poly-
 nuclear aromatic hydrocarbons. The site was first
 used as a textile mill in 1894 and manufactured
 log home components from 1971-1993.
 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: Community Development Corpo-
 ration of South Berkshire, MA
 413-528-7788
 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.
the area has made housing unaffordable for many
year-round residents who live and work in the commu-
nity. The average sales price of a house in southern
Berkshire County has more than doubled in six years to
$481,330 in 2006. Median household and family
incomes in Great Barrington and Berkshire County are
lower than in the rest of Massachusetts.
MassDevelopment, the state economic development
agency, has designated the cleanup site as one of five
                                              Solid Waste and
                                              Emergency Response
                                              (5105T)
                       EPA560-F-07-157
                       May 2007
                       www.epa.gov/brownfields

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priority brownfield sites in the state. Once cleanup is
complete, the site will be redeveloped with affordable
housing units. Brownfields redevelopment will create
new jobs and increase public access to the Housatonic
River, an important natural and recreational asset for
the Town of Great Barrington.

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