\ Brownfields 2013 Area-Wide Planning Grant
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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. In 2002,
the Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields
Revitalization Act was passed to help states and
communities around the country clean up and revitalize
brownfields sites. Under this law, EPA provides financial
assistance to eligible applicants through competitive grant
programs for brownfields site assessment, site cleanup,
revolving loan funds, area-wide planning, and job
training. Additional funding support is provided to state
and tribal response programs through a separate
mechanism.
Brownfields Area-Wide Planning
Program
EPA's Brownfields Area-Wide Planning
Program assists communities in responding to
local brownfields challenges, particularly where
multiple brownfield sites are in close proximity,
connected by infrastructure, and limit the
economic, environmental and social prosperity
of their surroundings. This program enhances
EPA's core brownfields assistance programs by
providing grant funding to communities so they
can perform the research needed to develop an
area-wide plan and implementation strategies for
brownfields assessment, cleanup, and reuse. The
resulting area-wide plans provide direction for
future brownfields area improvements that are
protective of public health and the environment,
economically viable, and reflective of the
community's vision for the area. Recipients
selected under this program will receive up to
$200,000 in EPA grant funding.
Project Description
$200,000
EPA has selected The Enterprise Center, Inc. as a
Brownfields Area-Wide Planning grant recipient.
The Enterprise Center, working with the
community, the City of Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, and many other key stakeholders, will
develop a brownfields area-wide plan and
implementation strategy for the 3rd Street
Corridor. Currently the 3rd Street Corridor is a
blend of large institutions, small neighborhoods,
and historic landmarks, and includes a 17-acre
Cannon/Cumberland industrial brownfields site.
Through community involvement and existing
conditions research, The Enterprise Center will
develop brownfield site reuse plans that will help
guide redevelopment in the area toward a
multi-faceted medical cluster that will encompass
healthcare delivery, higher learning, research and
manufacturing. Key partners include the City of
Chattanooga, University of Tennessee at
Chattanooga, Fort Wood Neighborhood
Association, Hamilton County, and various other
business, neighborhood, and nonprofit groups.
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 4 Brownfields Team
(404) 562-8789
EPA Region 4 Brownfields Web site
(http://www.epa.gov/region4/rcr
a/bflr/brownfields.html)
Grant Recipient: The Enterprise Center, Inc.,TN
423-425-3770
The information presented in this fact sheet comes
United States
Environmental
Protection Agency
Washington, DC 20450
Solid Waste
and Emergency
Response (5105T)
EPA 560-F-13-044
April 2013
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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-13-044
April 2013
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