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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