Build Brownfields Capacity Amongst Local Government Leaders

Upcoming solicitation	EPA intends to award one$l million grant

expected November 2022.	over a 5-year period to Build Brownfields

Grant award expected	Capacity amongst Local Government

Spring 2023.	Leaders

EPA intends to solicit applications for five new grant opportunities:

National Technical Assistance Opportunities:

1.Nationwide	Technical Assistance for Brownfields RLF Programs

2.Nationwide	Technical Assistance to Nonprofits Seeking to Reuse Brownfields

3.Nationwide	Technical Assistance to Local Government Leaders on Developing and/or
Operating Brownfields Programs Within Their Jurisdictions (Focus of this flyer)

National Research opportunities:

4.	Minimizing displacement and gentrification resulting from brownfields reuse

5.	Land bank strategies as tools for brownfields revitalization

Grant 3: Nationwide Technical Assistance to Local Government Leaders on
Developing and/or Operating Brownfields Programs Within Their Jurisdictions

Goal: Build capacity amongst elected officials and staff by educating them on how brownfields
cleanup and reinvestment can help their community, and the resources available to support this
work. Capacity building will include engagement with elected leaders and staff who have brownfields
experience, introducing the breadth of stakeholders and subject matter experts who are necessary
partners in brownfields redevelopment, as well as demonstrating how local leadership is critical

throughout the brownfields reuse process.

Types of Activities that can help build capacity
amongst elected and appointed local
government officials and staff on how
brownfields cleanup and reinvestment can help
their community, and the resources available
to support this work may include:

•	Conducting research

•	Developing relevant informational materials

•	Encouraging peer networking,

•	Providing technical assistance directly to
local government leaders

Interested applicants can apply for one or multiple opportunities. See list of eligible entities for
technical assistance and research grants. Each grant will be awarded as a cooperative agreement.



More details will be provided when the grant solicitation opens! Please keep an
eye on EPA's Brownfields Program website under Open Solicitations,


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