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 Brownfields  2003

 Grant Fact Sheet

         Louisville,  KY



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. Additionally,
funding support is provided to state and tribal response
programs through a separate mechanism.

Community Description

The City of Louisville was  selected to receive an
assessment grant. The city  is focusing brownfields
redevelopment efforts on its federally designated
Enterprise Community (EC). Almost a quarter of the
EC is made up of brownfields.  Many of these
brownfields are vacant or underused factories that
grew along rail corridors, but are now eyesores and
blight to the neighborhoods they once served. West
Louisville, which constitutes a significant portion of the
EC, has poverty and unemployment rates that are three
times regional rates. Although economically distressed,
the area has good access to transportation and an
existing infrastructure that will encourage redevelop-
ment. The city's  goal is to  create a sustainable eco-
  Assessment Grant
   $350,000 for hazardous substances
   EPA has selected the City of Louisville for a
   brownfields assessment grant. The city will use
   grant funding to conduct assessments at a site in
   West Louisville, most of which is within the city's
   federally designated Enterprise Community.
   Grant funds will be used to conduct Phase I and
   Phase II site assessments and to involve the
   community in redevelopment planning.
   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/index.htm

   Grant Recipient: City of Louisville, KY
   502-574-2512

   Prior to receipt of these funds in fiscal year 2003, the City
   of Louisville has received brownfields funding for assess-
   ment and revolving loan fund grants.

   The cooperative agreement for this grant has not yet been
   negotiated; therefore, activities described in this fact sheet
   are subject to change.
nomic base through a strategy that emphasizes private,
for-profit business growth; job development; and
sustainable reuse of brownfields sites.
                                                   Solid Waste and
                                                   Emergency Response
                                                   (5105T)
                         EPA500-F-03-123
                         June 2003
                         www.epa.gov/brownfields

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