Atlanta is getting some help cleaning up contaminated land.
The Environmental Protect Agency has awarded the city a $300,000 brownfield revolving loan fund grant designed to clean up blighted and contaminated communities, especially those that can be reclaimed for new land use.
“The city of Atlanta’s Revolving Loan Fund Program is of vital importance to both non-profits and for profits with limited resources for brownfield cleanup, a vital step in the reuse and redevelopment of brownfield properties,” said Georgia Environmental Protection Division Brownfields Coordinator Shannon Ridley. “A perennial reminder of the importance of the city’s RLF Program is the cleanup and redevelopment of the eastside trail of the Atlanta Beltline.”
The EPA said it awarded seven Georgia communities more than $1.7 million in grants to assess brownfields and cleanup planning. The EPA selected 11 existing Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund recipients nationally to receive approximately $5.35 million in supplemental funding.
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