United States
                   Environmental
                   Protection Agency
                   Washington, D.C. 20460
 Solid Waste
 and Emergency
 Response (5101)
 EPA 500-F-00-006
 April 2000
 www.epa.gov/brownfields/
  <&EPA  Brownfields Supplemental
                   Assistance
                                                                Charlotte, NC
 Outreach and Special Projects Staff (5105)
                    Quick Reference Fact Sheet
EPA's Brownfields  Economic Redevelopment Initiative is designed to empower states,  communities, and other
stakeholders in economic redevelopment to work together in a timely manner to prevent, assess, safely clean up, and
sustainably reuse brownfields. A brownfield is a site, or portion thereof, that has actual or perceived contamination and
an active potential for redevelopment or reuse. EPA is funding:  assessment demonstration pilot programs (each funded
up to $200,000 over two years), to assess brownfields sites and to test cleanup and redevelopment models; job training
pilot programs (each funded up to $200,000 over two years), to provide training for residents of communities affected
by brownfields to facilitate cleanup of brownfields sites and prepare trainees for future employment in the environmental
field; and, cleanup revolving loan fund programs (each funded up to $500,000 over five years) to capitalize loan funds
to make loans for the environmental cleanup of brownfields. These pilot programs are intended to provide EPA, states,
tribes, municipalities, and communities with useful information and strategies as they continue to seek new methods
to promote a unified approach to site assessment, environmental cleanup,  and redevelopment.
BACKGROUND

EPA awarded the City of Charlotte supplemental
assistance for its Brownfields Assessment
Demonstration Pilot. The city will expand the targeted
area beyond the Wilmore neighborhood/South End
business district to include  all of its distressed
communities, in alignment with the area targeted by
the Brownfields Cleanup  Revolving  Loan Fund
(BCRLF) Pilot. The area has a 25 percent average
poverty rate for families, and 67 percentof its residents
are minority.  This area includes the  city's major
distressed business corridors  that are the target of
several other economic revitalization incentives (e .g,
low-interest, deferred loans; tax incentives; grants)
through initiatives such  as the federal Enterprise
Communities, North Carolina's State Development
Zones, Charlotte' s City Within a City (CWAC) Equity
Loan  Program, Business Corridor Revitalization
Program, and Business Investment Zones.

OBJECTIVES AND PLANNED ACTIVITIES

The Pilot will  coordinate  these supplemental
assessment efforts with the  BCRLF  program to
facilitate completion of the cleanup and redevelopment
of a mix  of large developer  projects and  smaller
proj ects handled by small- to medium-sized businesses.
PILOT SNAPSHOT
  Charlotte, North Carolina
  Date of Announcement:
  March 2000

  Amount: $100,000

  Profile: The Pilot will target
  6 to 10 properties within
  Charlotte's majordistressed
  business corridors.
Contacts:
TomWarshauer
City of Charlotte
(704)336-4522
Regional Brownfields Team
U.S. EPA-Region 4
(404)562-8661
     Visit the EPA Region 4 Brownfields web site at:
 http://www.epa.gov/region4/wastepgs/brownfpgs/bf.htm

   For further information, including specific Pilot contacts,
 additional Pilot information, brownfields news and events, and
 publications and links, visit the EPA Brownfields web site at:
         http://www.epa.gov/brownfields/

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The Pilot's efforts will be integral to  the   city's
commitment to improve its older business areas and
neighborhoods.

To accomplish these objectives, the Pilot plans to:

• Identify and convene an Advisory  Committee that
 will lead the property selection process and work
 with the community to  ensure that each project
 conforms with local needs;

• Develop communications and outreach materials to
 ensure community input; and

• Conduct 6 to 10 environmental  assessments at
 properties selected by the Advisory Committee.
The cooperative agreement for this Pilot has not yet been negotiated;
therefore, activities described in this factsheetare subject to change.
 Brownfields Supplemental Assistance                                                   Charlotte, North Carolina
 April 2000                                                                            EPA 500-F-00-006

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