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Brownfields 2003
Grant Fact Sheet
Concord, NC
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. Addi-
tionally, funding support is provided to state and tribal
response programs through a separate mechanism.
Community Description
The City of Concord was selected to receive an
assessment grant. The city (population 58,700) once
was home to a thriving textile industry. The almost
complete disappearance of this industry, combined with
urban sprawl in the Charlotte metropolitan region, has
left the heart of Concord scarred with many vacant
and potentially contaminated buildings and properties.
The city has identified more than 275 sites within the
5,500-acre center city target area. The center of the
city includes the city's oldest neighborhoods and the
city's highest concentrations of minorities and residents
living in poverty. While the western portions of the city
are prospering, the target area continues to decline.
The grant will focus on assessments that will lead to
Assessment Grant
$200,000 for hazardous substances
EPA has selected the City of Concord for a
brownfields assessment grant. The city will focus
on high-priority sites within the economically
distressed and deteriorating center of the city.
Grant funds will be used to complete an inven-
tory of brownfields within the center city target
area, prioritize sites, and conduct environmental
assessments on high-priority properties. Grant
funds also will be used to create a community
involvement forum to help set priorities for the
brownfields program.
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 4 Brownfields Team
404-562-8661
http://www.epa.gov/region4/waste/bf/
Grant Recipient: City of Concord, NC
704-920-5137
Prior to receipt of these funds in fiscal year 2003, the City
of Concord has received brownfields funding for an
assessment grant.
The cooperative agreement for this grant has not yet been
negotiated; therefore, activities described in this fact sheet
are subject to change.
redevelopment of city-owned properties and create a
sustainable brownfields redevelopment program
involving the city, community groups, and developers.
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
(5105T)
EPA 500-F-03-074
June 2003
www.epa.gov/brownfields
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