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  Brownfields  2005
  Grant  Fact  Sheet
        Indianapolis, IN
EPA Brownfields Program

EPA's Brownfields Program empowers states, commu-
nities, and other stakeholders in economic development
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 Indianapolis was selected to receive a
brownfields  assessment grant. The difference between
the population of Indianapolis (791,926) and the city's
Metropolitan Statistical Area (1.6 million) demonstrates
one of the city's largest challenges, a growing popula-
tion dispersed throughout the suburbs and an erosion of
the city's urban core. As a result, the city has numer-
ous abandoned and neglected properties. Although
there is renewed economic interest in downtown
Indianapolis, redevelopment in the central core is
inhibited by the many long-neglected contaminated
properties that require environmental site assessments.
The city and community groups have identified three
areas replete with underused and potentially contami-
  Assessment Grant
   $200,000 for hazardous substances

   EPA has selected the City of Indianapolis for a
   brownfields assessment grant. Grant funds will be
   used to supplement the current volunteer-based
   inventory of brownfields sites, conduct Phase I
   and II site assessments, and perform human
   health and risk assessments in three areas within
   the inner city: the Fall Creek Place neighborhood,
   LaSalle Park area, and Monon Trail Greenway
   corridor. 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 5 Brownfields Team
  312-886-7576
  http://www.epa.gov/R5Brownfields/

  Grant Recipient: City of Indianapolis, IN
  317-327-5845

  The cooperative agreement for this grant has not
  yet been negotiated; therefore, activities described
  in this fact sheet are subject to change.
nated sites: the Fall Creek Place neighborhood, LaSalle
Park area, and Monon Trail Greenway corridor. Each
of these areas is within the Central Township, the inner
core of Indianapolis. Forty-six percent of Central
Township residents are minorities, and more than 24
percent live in poverty. Assessment of sites in these
inner city neighborhoods will enable the expansion of
LaSalle Park, including new basketball courts, an
additional soccer field, and the revitalization of nearby
properties. These assessments also represent the first
step toward converting several properties along the
city's greenway to productive reuse.
                                                  Solid Waste and
                                                  Emergency Response
                                                  (5105T)
                         EPA 560-F-05-089
                         May 2005
                         www.epa.gov/brownfields

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