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Brownfields 2017 Area-Wide Planning Grant Fact Sheet
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
$194,180.00
EPA has selected Isles, Inc., as a Brownfields
Area-Wide Planning Grant recipient. Isles, Inc.,
will work with the East Trenton community and
other stakeholders to develop an area-wide plan
and implementation strategy for the East Trenton
neighborhood, an area characterized by
significant abandonment of residential and
commercial properties, negative social and
economic indicators, concentrated poverty, and
few jobs. It also is an area with a demonstrated
track record of active resident and stakeholder
planning and plan implementation. The
Freightyards and Powerhouse site and 104 Taylor
Street are the catalyst sites for this planning
project. They comprise the largest contiguous
parcel proposed for the Assunpink Greenway, and
are centrally located within the project area. The
area-wide plan will spur revitalization of the East
Trenton neighborhood and provide a basis for new
housing construction, residential and commercial
rehabilitation, and healthy homes and
environments. It also will create linkages to
recreation, open space, and urban agriculture and
healthier food options; better, less car-centric
transportation options; and increased economic
opportunity. Key partners who will work with
Isles, Inc., on this project include the City of
Trenton, New Jersey Community Capital,
HomeFront, Habitat for Humanity of Trenton, A
Better Way, and D&R Greenway Land Trust.
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 2 Brownfields Team
(212)637-3283
United States
Environmental
Protection Agency
Washington, DC 20450
Solid Waste
and Emergency
Response (5105T)
EPA 560-F-17-001B
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EPA Region 2 Brownfields Web site
(https://www.epa.gov/brownfields/brownfie
lds-and-land-revitalization-new-jersey-n
ew-york-puerto-rico-and-us-virgin)
Grant Recipient: Isles, Inc., NJ
(609) 341-4713
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-17-001B
January 2017

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