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Brownfields 2003
Grant Fact Sheet
Springfield, MO
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 Springfield was selected to receive an
assessment grant. The city has targeted several
developments in a former industrial corridor along
Jordan Creek, population 7,244. The park is within the
center city near Springfield's most disadvantaged
areas, where 32 percent of residents live in poverty.
The unemployment rate in the target area is more than
double the citywide rate. The Jordan Creek Corridor
once contained agricultural mills, lumber and coal
yards, electroplating and metalworking facilities, and
painting and print shops. These businesses moved
away from the city center, leaving behind numerous
brownfields that have contributed to the economic
instability of the area. The assessment of the targeted
sites will spur community efforts to convert more of
Assessment Grant
$150, 000 for hazardous substances
EPA has selected the City of Springfield for a
brownfields assessment grant. The city will use
grant funds to conduct Phase I assessments at
approximately 12 sites within the 250-acre
Jordan Valley Park. Four Phase II assessments
will be conducted based on the Phase I results.
These sites are among 574 brownfields identified
during Springfield's first brownfields assessment
pilot. Grant funds also will be used to involve the
community in all aspects of the project.
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 7 Brownfields Team
913-551-7786
http://www.epa.gov/region07/brownfields/
Grant Recipient: City of Springfield, MO
417-864-1844
Prior to receipt of these funds in fiscal year 2003, the City
of Springfield 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.
the industrial park area into a community gathering
place and network of greenways. The Jordan Valley
Park Citizens Advisory Committee and the
Brownfields Steering and Stakeholders Committee will
continue to guide the redevelopment of properties in
the area.
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
(5105T)
EPA500-F-03-190
June 2003
www.epa.gov/brownfields
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