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Brownfields 2003
Grant Fact Sheet
Milwaukee Redevelopment
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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. 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. 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. Addition-
ally, funding support is provided to state and tribal
response programs through a separate mechanism.
Community Description
The Milwaukee Redevelopment Authority was se-
lected to receive assessment, cleanup, and revolving
loan fund grants. The Redevelopment Authority is
focusing its brownfields redevelopment efforts at the
most distressed areas of the city. A long history of
industrial activity, including tanneries, foundries,
breweries, and motor manufacturers, has left the city
littered with brownfields. Two areas are targeted, the
Aldermanic District and the Menominee River Valley
areas. Aldermanic District residents are predominantly
minorities and almost half of its households include
children under 18 years of age. The poverty rate in
this area is 36 percent and unemployment is at 16
percent. Neighborhoods around the Menominee Valley
have the highest population density and lowest incomes
Assessment Grant
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$200,000 for hazardous substances
$200,000 for petroleum
EPA has selected the Milwaukee Redevelop-
ment Authority for a brownfields assessment
grant. Grant funds will be used to conduct
assessment activities at sites contaminated by
hazardous substances and petroleum. The city is
targeting high-poverty neighborhoods of the
Aldermanic District. Grant funds also will be
used for community outreach and redevelopment
planning.
Cleanup Grants
$400,000 for hazardous substances
EPA has selected the City of Milwaukee for two
cleanup grants totaling $400,000. The cleanup
grants will be used for cleanup activities at the
King & Haley and Airline Yards sites. Airline
Yards is a 40-acre former rail-switching and car-
stacking facility and is contaminated with volatile
organic compounds, polynuclear aromatic
hydrocarbons (PAHs), and metals. The King &
Haley site was used for a variety of commercial
and light industrial uses and is contaminated with
chlorinated hydrocarbons.
Revolving Loan Fund
Grant
$1,000,000 for hazardous substances
EPA has selected the Milwaukee Redevelop-
ment Authority for a brownfields revolving loan
fund grant. The grant will be used to capitalize a
revolving loan fund from which the Redevelop-
ment Authority will provide loans and subgrants
to conduct cleanup activities. The Redevelop-
ment Authority plans to leverage this grant with
other financing to build an eco-industrial park in
the Menominee Valley.
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
(5105T)
EPA500-F-03-135
June 2003
www.epa.gov/brownfields
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in the state. The Menominee Valley is a federally
designated Renewal Community. The Redevelopment
Authority plans to redevelop these sites to spur busi-
ness development, reduce commuter travel for resi-
dents, and begin the economic renewal of these
disadvantaged neighborhoods.
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: Milwaukee Redevelopment Author-
ity, WI
414-286-5820
Prior to receipt of these funds in fiscal year 2003, the City of
Milwaukee has received brownfields funding for assessment,
revolving loan fund, and Showcase Community grants.
The cooperative agreement for this grant has not yet been
negotiated; therefore, activities described in this fact sheet are
subject to change.
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