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Brownfields 2007
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 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 Kansas City was selected to receive two
brownfields assessment grants and a brownfields
cleanup grant. Kansas City (population 441,545) was
designated an Enhanced Enterprise Community in
1998. The city intends to target its brownfields assess-
ment efforts in four areas: Prospect Corridor, East
Village, Centropolis Loop, and Columbus Park.
Former industrial and commercial activities in or
adjacent to these neighborhoods have left residents to
contend with blight and the potential risk of exposure
to contamination. The poverty level in these neighbor-
hoods ranges from 23 to 37 percent, and 45 to 95
percent of residents are minorities. The target area for
the cleanup site is the eastern portion of downtown
Kansas City where 66 percent of residents are minori-
ties, and the poverty rate is 36 percent. Assessments of
Assessment Grants
$200,000 for hazardous substances
$200,000 for petroleum
EPA has selected the City of Kansas City for
two brownfields assessment grants. Hazardous
substances grant funds will be used to conduct
Phase II environmental site assessments in four
target areas of the city. Funds also will be used
to support community outreach activities.
Petroleum grant funds will be used to perform
the same tasks at sites with potential petroleum
contamination.
Cleanup Grant
$200,000 for hazardous substances
EPA has selected the City of Kansas City for a
brownfields cleanup grant. Grant funds will be
used to clean up hazardous substances contami-
nation, including polynuclear aromatic hydrocar-
bons, at the Cherry Street Inn site at 921 Cherry
Street. The site was used primarily for residential
purposes and, for short periods of time, was home
to a filling station and paper box warehouse.
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/
index.htm
Grant Recipient: City of Kansas City, MO
816-513-3002
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
(5105T)
EPA 560-F-07-088
May 2007
www.epa.gov/brownfields
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brownfields will help identify potential health risks and
leverage public and private redevelopment funds.
Redevelopment will provide business opportunities for
minority and women-owned businesses in the environ-
mental services industry. Cleanup of the Cherry Street
Inn site is essential to the success of the East Village
Project, a $360 million redevelopment that will bring
housing, jobs, and services to the eastern downtown
area.
The information presented in this fact sheet comes
from the grant proposal; EPA cannot attest to the
accuracy of this information. The cooperative agree-
ment for the grant has not yet been negotiated. There-
fore, activities described in this fact sheet are subject
to change.
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