Brownfields 201 1  Cleanup Grant  Fact Sheet
    ~          Vienna Development Authority, GA
EPA Brownfields Program

EPA's Brownfields Program empowers states.
communities, and other stakeholders to work together to
prevent, assess, safely clean up, and sustainably reuse
brownfields. A brownfield 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. In
2002, the Small Business Liability Relief and
Brownfields Revitalization Act was passed to help
states and communities around the country cleanup and
revitalize brownfields sites. 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 Development Authority of the City of Vienna was
selected to receive a brownfields cleanup grant. Vienna
(population 3,081) is a small rural city in Dooly County
in central Georgia. The city's unemployment rate is
nearly 11 percent. This rate is expected to rise further
because a major employer is leaving the region. The
targeted Vienna Elementary School is in the middle of a
residential area with a high percentage of
low-to-moderate-income residents. The site has been
vacant since 2004, and the presence of hazardous
materials has hindered redevelopment plans. The
abandoned school is next to a public housing complex
and a facility that provides many children's enrichment
activity programs. Site cleanup will reduce residential
health threats and is expected to enable redevelopment
plans to proceed. The city plans to redevelop the site as
a community center complex that will provide indoor
recreation activities, classrooms, and a location for the
Dooly County Family Resource Program.
                   Cleanup Grant

                   $196,000 for hazardous substances

                   EPA has selected the Development Authority of the
                   City of Vienna for a brownfields cleanup grant.
                   Hazardous substances grant funds will be used to
                   clean up the 5.7-acre Vienna Elementary School at
                   216 Ninth Street. The site originally was used for
                   residential and agricultural purposes, and from 1957
                   to 2004, served as the Vienna Elementary School. It
                   is contaminated with metals and inorganic materials.
                   Grant funds also will be used to conduct 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
                   (http://www.epa.gov/brownfields).

                   EPA Region 4 Brownfields Team
                   (404) 562-8792
                   EPA Region 4 Brownfields Web site
                   (http: //www. epa.gov/region4/waste/bf)

                   Grant Recipient: Development Authority of the City
                   of Vienna,GA
                   229-268-4920

                   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 negotiated.
                   Therefore, activities described in this fact sheet are
                   subject to change.
  United States
  Environmental
  Protection Agency
  Washington, DC 20450
Solid Waste
and Emergency
Response (5105T)
E PA 560-F-128-050
         May 11

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