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Brownfields 2017 Area-Wide Planning Grant Fact Sheet
US V University of South Florida, Tampa, FL

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.
Project Description
$200,000.00
EPA has selected the University of South Florida
as a Brownfields Area-Wide Planning Grant
recipient. The University of South Florida will
work with the community and other stakeholders
to develop an area-wide plan and implementation
strategy for the University Area Community
(UAC). Located on the north site of Tampa, the
UAC is an underserved residential and
commercial community containing several
brownfields or potential brownfields. The catalyst
site for this project is Harvest Hope Park, a
seven-acre parcel with potential to be redeveloped
into a community center. The project will build on
existing planning activities that the community
has already developed, including housing
rehabilitation, new business creation, increased
access to health services, and improved recreation
opportunities. Project activities will include
community engagement, local capacity building,
and an economic market analysis. The area-wide
plan will support the reuse of critical
infrastructure in the project area and at the catalyst
site, create greenspace, and promote sustainable
and equitable development in the community. Key
partners who will work with the University of
South Florida on this project include the Florida
Brownfields Association, Mort Elementary
School, Environmental Protection Commission
and City-County Planning Commission of
Hillsborough County, University Area
Community Development Corporation, and
various schools within the University of South
Florida.
Contacts
For further information, including specific grant contacts, additional
grant information, brownfields news and events, and publications and
United States
Environmental
Protection Agency
Washington, DC 20450
Solid Waste
and Emergency
Response (5105T)
EPA 560-F-17-001F
January 2017

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links, visit the EPA Brownfields Web site
(http://www.epa.gov/brownfields).
EPA Region 4 Brownfields Team
(215)814-3173
EPA Region 4 Brownfields Web site
(https://www.epa.gov/brownfields/brownfie
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ida-georgia-kentucky-mississippi-north-0 )
Grant Recipient: University of South Florida, FL
(813) 974-2337
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
and Emergency
Response (5105T)
Solid Waste
EPA 560-F-17-001F
January 2017

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