I JBt \ Brownfields 2004 Assessment Grant Fact Sheet 'w1' Capital City Development Corporation, Boise, ID 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 January 11, 2002, President George W. Bush signed into law the Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act. Under the Brownfields 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. Community Description The Capital City Development Corporation was selected to receive a brownfields assessment grant. The target area, which encompasses three CCDC redevelopment districts, covers more than 433 acres in downtown Boise (population 323,261). This area has many remnants of former industrial facilities. The target area has 2,795 residents aged 16 years and older. Most of the area's residents live in rental housing, and more than 23 percent have incomes below the poverty line. Because the target area includes centers of government, commerce, entertainment, education, and culture, the assessment and revitalization of the redevelopment districts will benefit not only residents of these areas, but also residents of the much larger community who work, shop, or otherwise frequent downtown Boise. Assessment Grant $200,000 for petroleum EPA has selected the Capital City Development Corporation (CCDC) for a brownfields assessment grant. Grant funds will be used to conduct initial assessments, Phase II site assessments on eligible properties, and a brownfields inventory of sites with potential petroleum contamination within the CCDC's three redevelopment districts in downtown Boise. 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 10 Brownfields Team (206)553-7299 EPA Region 10 Brownfields Web site (http://yosemite.epa.gov/R10/CL EANUP.NSF/sites/bf) Grant Recipient: Capital City Development Corporation, ID Capital City Development Corporation (208) 384-4264 Capital City Development Corporation (208) 384-4264 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 c Environmental anri Fmpflpn™ EPA 560-F-04-117 Protection Agency Response (5105T) June 2004 Washington, DC 20450 Kesponse (si us ) ------- |