The city of Atlanta’s Department of City Planning was selected by the United States Environmental Protection Agency to receive a Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund grant for $300,000 and an assessment grant for an additional $300,000, totaling $600,000 in funding.
The support will help the city continue its work cleaning up contaminated brownfield properties, as well as conduct brownfield assessment work for other targeted areas in Atlanta. Nationally, EPA selected 11 existing RLF recipients to receive a total of approximately $5.35 million in supplemental funding.
The targeted communities for brownfields assessments include the Proctor Creek Watershed, corridors along the Chattahoochee River, the Murphy Triangle Area which includes Adair Park, Capitol View, Sylvan Hills and Oakland City, and two redevelopment railroad corridors along Memorial Drive and DeKalb Avenue. These communities are current and former industrial areas located primarily along rail lines and the adjacent neighborhoods, many of which are located along the Northwest to Southeast Atlanta transect.
The supplemental funds awarded to the city will help reuse vacant and abandoned properties and turn them into community assets such as housing, recreation and open space, health facilities, social services, transportation options, infrastructure and commerce opportunities.
This year’s selection represents the sixth brownfields assessment grant awarded by the EPA to the city of Atlanta.
The City of Atlanta’s Brownfields Program started in 1996. Since then, the city has managed several programs and initiatives aimed at identifying, assessing and remediating brownfield sites throughout the city. Atlantic Station, Ponce City Market and the Atlanta BeltLine are examples of successful brownfield cleanup and redevelopment projects in the City of Atlanta.
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