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Brownfields 2003
Grant Fact Sheet
Lula Washington
Contemporary Dance
Foundation, Los Angeles, CA
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 Lula Washington Contemporary Dance Foundation
in Los Angeles was selected to receive a cleanup
grant. The site, in the heart of South Central Los
Angeles, has Enterprise Zone status and is within the
Los Angeles Revitalization Zone area and a city
Community Redevelopment Area. The primarily low-
income neighborhood around the site is plagued with
youth gang violence and drug dealing. The median
income is one-half of the state median and 29 percent
of residents live below the poverty level. Once the site
is cleaned up and redeveloped, it will be used for after-
school and Saturday programs for low-income, at-risk
youths to deter these youth from gangs, drugs, and
Cleanup Grant
$200,000 for petroleum
EPA has selected the Lula Washington Contem-
porary Dance Foundation in Los Angeles for a
cleanup grant. Grant funds will be used to clean
up the property at 3773-75 South Crenshaw
Blvd., the future site of the dance theater's
studio. The site was formerly an ambulance
dispatch center that also was used for automo-
tive repairs. The funds will be used to excavate
and dispose of soil contaminated by an
aboveground tank and dispose of drums of auto
fluids and storage tanks left onsite.
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 9 Brownfields Team
415-972-3188
http://www.epa.gov/region09/waste/brown/
Grant Recipient: Lula Washington Contemporary
Dance Foundation, CA
323-678-6250
Prior to receipt of these funds in fiscal year 2003, the Lula
Washington Contemporary Dance Foundation has not
received brownfields grant funding.
The cooperative agreement for this grant has not yet been
negotiated; therefore, activities described in this fact sheet
are subject to change.
violence. The Foundation also plans to use the site for
outdoor mini-festivals, open house concerts, and open
space for use by community groups.
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
(5105T)
EPA500-F-03-125
June 2003
www.epa.gov/brownfields
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