U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
Brownfields 2016 Grant Fact Sheet
Hardesty Renaissance Economic Development
Corporation, Kansas City, MO
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 cleanup and revitalize brownfields sites. Under this law, EPA provides financial assistance to
eligible applicants through four competitive grant programs: assessment grants, revolving loan fund
grants, cleanup grants, and job training grants. Additionally, funding support is provided to state and
tribal response programs through a separate mechanism.
Cleanup Grant
$200,000 for hazardous substances
EPA has selected the Hardesty Renaissance Economic Development Corporation for a brownfields
cleanup grant. Hazardous substances grant funds will be used to clean up Building 10 of the Hardesty
Federal Complex on 605 Hardesty Avenue in Kansas City. The building was used as a United States
Army Quartermaster Corps storage depot in the late 1940s and provided a variety of support functions
for various federal agencies until it was closed in 2002. It has been vacant since then and is
contaminated with metals and inorganic substances. 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/brownfieldsy
EPA Region 7 Brownfields Team
913-551-7786
EPA Region 7 Brownfields Website: https://www.epa.gov/brownfields/brownfields-and-land-
revitalization-iowa-kansas-missouri-nebraska-and-nine-tribal
Grant Recipient: Hardesty Renaissance Economic Development Corporation, MO
573-415-6394
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 Office of Land and EPA 560-F-16-069
Environmental Emergency May 2016
Protection Agency Management (5105T)
Washington, D.C. 20460
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