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  Brownfields  2008

  Grant  Fact Sheet

         Wyoming,  Ml


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 this 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. Additionally, funding support is
provided to state and tribal response programs through
a separate mechanism.

Community Description

The City of Wyoming was selected to receive a
brownfields assessment grant. Wyoming (population
69,368) is located on the southwest side of the City of
Grand Rapids. Since the mid-19th Century, manufac-
turing has been the city's economic backbone. In
recent years, the decline in manufacturing operations in
the region has resulted in vacant factories, closed
industries, and job losses.  There also has been a
decrease in overall economic activity, reduction of the
tax base, and creation of numerous brownfields
throughout the city's industrial area. Wyoming is facing
the challenge of revitalizing this portion of the city.
Brownfields assessment is expected to help make the
sites more marketable and expedite redevelopment.
Assessment Grant
$200,000 for hazardous substances
EPA has selected the City of Wyoming for a
brownfields assessment grant. Hazardous sub-
stances grant funds will be used to conduct 10
Phase I and five Phase II environmental site
assessments, a site inventory, and community
outreach 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 5 Brownfields Team
312-886-7576
http://www.epa.gov/R5Brownfields

Grant Recipient: City of Wyoming, MI
616-530-7272

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.
                                                 Solid Waste and
                                                 Emergency Response
                                                 (5105T)
                       EPA560-F-08-122
                       April 2008
                       www.epa.gov/brownfields

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