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Brownfields 2006 Assessment Grant Fact Sheet
Tifton, GA
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 City of Tifton was selected to receive a brownfields
assessment grant. Tifton (population 15,060), located in
south central Georgia, is in the process of implementing a
redevelopment plan for its historic downtown district.
This district includes a number of abandoned vacant lots
where commercial and industrial buildings once stood.
The targeted eight-acre site, originally a packaging and
distribution warehouse for tobacco and later a textile
manufacturing facility, is at the top of the city's list for
redevelopment. The plant, built in 1888 and abandoned in
the early 1990s, is located next to the city's historic
district and is seen as a bridge between downtown and the
west side of Tifton. It is an unsafe, run-down eyesore that
poses a potential threat to area residents. Nearly 70
percent of the residents in the surrounding neighborhoods
are minorities and approximately 42 percent live in
poverty. Assessment and eventual cleanup of the mill
property will remove the eyesore and potential safety and
health threats from the community. The city plans to
redevelop the site into a mixed-use development with
residential and commercial properties, including walking
trails to connect the downtown area with the local
university and other new development. The city expects
this revitalization to spur redevelopment in Tifton's west
side, thereby creating new job opportunities and
increasing the local tax base.
Assessment Grant
$150,000 for hazardous substances
EPA has selected the City of Tifton for a
brownfields assessment grant. Hazardous
substances grant funds will be used to conduct
Phase I and II environmental site assessments of
the former Horizon Mill property, which is
suspected of being contaminated with hazardous
substances co-mingled with petroleum. Grant
funds also will be used to develop cleanup plans,
conduct community outreach activities, and
monitor the health of communities surrounding
the site.
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 Tifton,GA
(229)391-3977
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)
EPA 560-F-06-075
May 2006

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