\ Brownfields 2013 Area-Wide Planning Grant < Fact Sheet ***лл* 7fte Enterprise Center Inc., Chattanooga, TN 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 ------- 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 ------- |