i o PftO^V \ Brownfields 2017 Area-Wide Planning Grant Fact Sheet Near East Area Renewal, Indianapolis, IN 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 Near East Area Renewal as a Brownfields Area-Wide Planning Grant recipient. Near East Area Renewal will work with the community and other stakeholders to develop an area-wide plan and implementation strategy for the 3,600-acre urban district federally designated as the Indy East Promise Zone. This area was home to several industrial and manufacturing facilities that are currently vacant or underused. These sites hinder economic development and pose serious health risks to the community. The former Thompson Electronics/former GE Sherman Park, the catalyst site for this project, is a 45-acre industrial site located in the heart of the project area. It has strong reuse potential, and its revitalization is expected to leverage redevelopment in the project area. Grant funds will be used to facilitate community involvement activities; compile existing community plans and coordinate planning and revitalization efforts; perform research and analysis of existing conditions in the project area; and review existing infrastructure to determine how it can be integrated into redevelopment plans. The project will increase employment opportunities, create healthy commercial corridors, improve community access, help recognize and address environmental justice concerns, and increase the capacity of residents to participate in and benefit from brownfields redevelopment. Key partners who will work with Near East Area Renewal on this project include John Boner Community Centers, Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC), Englewood Community Development Corporation, Indy Chamber, Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department, Near East Side United States Environmental Protection Agency Washington, DC 20450 Solid Waste and Emergency Response (5105T) EPA 560-F-17-0011 January 2017 ------- Community Organization, and Riley Area Development Corporation. 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 5 Brownfields Team (312) 886-9493 EPA Region 5 Brownfields Web site (https://www.epa.gov/brownfields/brownfie lds-and-land-revitalization-illinois-ind iana-michigan-minnesota-ohio-and) Grant Recipient: Near East Area Renewal, IN (317) 808-2369 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-17-0011 January 2017 ------- |