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Brownfields 2008
Grant Fact Sheet
Kansas City, MO
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 Kansas City was selected to receive a
brownfields cleanup grant. Kansas City (population
441,545) is a federally designated Enhanced Enterprise
Community. The target community consists of the
eastern portion of downtown Kansas City and the
West Paseo neighborhood. From the late 19th to the
mid-20th Century, the downtown district was among
the most densely developed areas of the city with
apartments, hotels, and small commercial and retail
businesses. The area's decline was hastened by the
construction of an interstate loop in the 1960s that
divided the community. The area today is one of the
most economically disadvantaged in the city. It has a
36.5 percent poverty rate, and 66.2 percent of area
residents are minorities. The city plans to redevelop the
target site as part of the East Village Project, a $360
Cleanup Grant
$200,000 for hazardous substances
EPA has selected the City of Kansas City for a
brownfields cleanup grant. Hazardous substances
grant funds will be used to clean up the East
Village Project—Greyhound Bus Terminal site at
1111 Holmes Street in downtown Kansas City. For
more than a century, the site was used for a variety
of commercial operations including a laundry
facility, paint store, machine shop, and bus terminal.
Site soil and groundwater are contaminated with
metals, volatile organic hydrocarbons, and inorganic
compounds. Grant funds also will be used to
support 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 7 Brownfields Team
800-223-0425
http://www.epa.gov/region7/cleanup/brownfields
Grant Recipient: City of Kansas City, MO
816-513-3002
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.
million project that is expected to bring housing, jobs,
and services to the community. Cleanup of the site
will help reduce potential exposure to environmental
contaminants and is expected to remove a critical
barrier to redevelopment.
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
(5105T)
EPA560-F-08-171
April 2008
www.epa.gov/brownfields
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