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\ Brownfields 2017 Area-Wide Planning Grant Fact Sheet
Redevelopment Authority of the City of Harrisburg, PA
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 Redevelopment Authority of
the City of Harrisburg (HRA) as a Brownfields
Area-Wide Planning Grant recipient. The HRA
will work with the community and other
stakeholders to develop an area-wide plan and
implementation strategy for the South Allison Hill
neighborhood's Industrial Park. The park was
home to various industrial uses, including metal
and steel production, shoe manufacturing, and
wood manufacturing. It contains five identified
catalyst sites: a former automotive site, former
lumber processing plant, former commercial dry
cleaners, former service station, and former large
industrial site. It also contains 30 other land
parcels that may be contaminated. The project is
expected to stimulate economic development by
developing strategies to revitalize these five sites,
all of which are located on key commercial
transportation corridors. The HRA plans to
preserve and restore existing infrastructure at
these sites and integrate it into any future reuse
and redevelopment options. The area-wide plan
also is expected to catalyze industry growth,
provide opportunities to expand housing and
recreational options in the project area, and create
job opportunities for residents. Key partners who
will work with the HRA on this project include
Tri-County Community Action, the YWCA of
Greater Harrisburg, City of Harrisburg, Capital
Region Economic Development Corporation, and
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental
Protection.
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
United States
Environmental
Protection Agency
Washington, DC 20450
Solid Waste
and Emergency
Response (5105T)
EPA 560-F-17-001D
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(http://www.epa.gov/brownfields).
EPA Region 3 Brownfields Team
(215)814-3173
EPA Region 3 Brownfields Web site
(https://www.epa.gov/brownfields/brownfie
lds-and-land-revitalization-delaware-mar
yland-pennsylvania-Virginia-west)
Grant Recipient: Redevelopment Authority of the City of Harrisburg, PA
(717)255-6431
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-17-001D
January 2017

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