Brownfields 2009 Assessment Grant
Fact Sheet
Greensboro, NC
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 City of Greensboro was selected to receive two
brownfields assessment grants. Located in Guilford
County, Greensboro (population 238,500) is focusing its
assessment efforts on its reinvestment areas and corridors,
which are primarily in south and east Greensboro. They
include vacant, underused, or abandoned commercial
areas along major thoroughfares. Many are surrounded by
substandard housing. There are more than 500 commercial
or industrial sites in these areas. They include
manufactured gas plants, automobile service stations and
repair facilities, and dry cleaners. Nearly 83 percent of the
residents of neighborhoods adjacent to the target areas are
minorities. Almost 20 percent live below the poverty
level, and the average per capita income is 68 percent of
the city average. The stigma attached to these sites has
lowered property values and hindered investment.
Brownfield assessments will allow the city to identify
contaminated sites, and provide support for current
redevelopment efforts in the area. They also are expected
to spur an increase in private investment in the target
corridors.
Assessment Grant
$200,000 for hazardous substances
(Recovery Act Funding)
$200,000 for petroleum (Recovery Act
Funding)
EPA has selected the City of Greensboro for two
brownfields assessment grants. Community-wide
hazardous substances and petroleum grant funds
will be used to conduct eight Phase I and six Phase
II environmental site assessments in the city's
targeted reinvestment areas and corridors. Grant
funds also will be used to support community
outreach activities.
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) 562-8792
EPA Region 4 Brownfields Web site
(http://www.epa.gov/region4/was te/bf)
Grant Recipient: City of Greensboro, North
Carolina
(336)373-2751
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)
EPA560-F-09-166
May 2009
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