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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
Focus: Hope Revitalization was selected to receive a
cleanup grant. This nonprofit organization has targeted an
obsolete structure in Detroit's inner city, left behind by the
city's industrial past. The 2,550 residents surrounding the
target site are predominantly minorities who suffer from a
poverty rate of 43 percent. Cleanup of the site will provide
access and parking for the adjacent Yellow Pages
building, which will house Focus: Hope's Information
Technology Center after renovation. Focus: Hope has
established mechanisms for involving affected
communities and has already reached out to the
neighborhood surrounding the site.
Cleanup Grant
$200,000 for hazardous substances
EPA has selected Focus: Hope Revitalization for a
cleanup grant. The grant will be used to help clean
up the deteriorated Federal Engineering Building
at 850 Oakman Boulevard in Detroit, Michigan.
Contamination of the site occurred during 45 years
of use as a stamping press manufacturing facility.
Assessments of the site have identified asbestos,
transformers, process waste pits, sumps with
unknown contents, and probable underground
storage tanks.
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)	886-7576
EPA Region 5 Brownfields Web site
(http://www.epa.gov/R5Brownfiel ds)
Grant Recipient: Focus: Hope Revitalization,MI
(313)494-4306
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.
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