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The Village Public Works Authority, OK
RECOUERY.GOV
EPA Brownfields Program
EPA's Brownfields Program empowers states,
communities, and other stakeholders 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
February 17, 2009, President Barack Obama signed into
law the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The
Recovery Act is an unprecedented effort to jumpstart our
economy, and create or save millions of jobs. This law
provided stimulus funds to the Brownfields Program to
award grants to evaluate and clean up former industrial
and commercial sites. Under this law, EPA will provide
financial assistance to eligible applicants through four
competitive grant programs: assessment grants, revolving
loan fund grants, cleanup grants, and job training grants.
Community Description
The Village Public Works Authority was selected to
receive a brownfields cleanup grant. Located in central
Oklahoma within the Oklahoma City Metropolitan area,
The Village (population 10,157) initially grew from an
economy based on farming and oil and gas production.
Between 1970 and 2000, however, the city lost a third of
its population and has struggled to grow again. The target
site, a large brownfield in the town center, is one of the
factors inhibiting the growth of the community. While the
property remains boarded and secured with a fence due to
vandalism and theft, it is surrounded by a public park,
office park, and the city's municipal building and library.
It has affected the city's tax base and the quality of life in
its core neighborhood. Cleanup of the Vintage Lakes
property is expected to drive the city's redevelopment as a
sustainable, mixed-use village community with a range of
housing, retail-office space, and parks. Redevelopment
will take advantage of the site's proximity to the civic
amenities in the town center.
Cleanup Grant
$200,000 for hazardous substances
(Recovery Act Funding)
EPA has selected The Village Public Works
Authority for a brownfields cleanup grant.
Hazardous substances grant funds will be used to
clean up the 27-acre Vintage Lakes property at
10301 North Pennsylvania Avenue. The 436-unit
apartment complex was developed from farmland
in 1971 and operated until foreclosure in April
2008. The blighted property is now vacant and
contaminated with hazardous substances.
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
(http://www.epa.gov/brownfields).
EPA Region 6 Brownfields Team
(214) 665-6780
EPA Region 6 Brownfields Web site
(http://www.epa.gov/region6/bro wnfields)
Grant Recipient: The Village Public Works
Authority,OK
(405) 751-8861 ext 259
The information presented in this fact sheet comes
from the grant proposal; EPA cannot attest to the
accuracy of this information. The cooperative
agreement for the grant has not yet been
negotiated. Therefore, activities described in this
fact sheet are subject to change.
United States
Environmental
Protection Agency
Washington, DC 20450
Solid Waste
and Emergency
Response (5105T)
EPA 560-F-09-251
May 2009
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