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EPA Awards Eight Brownfield Grants

DETROIT-A total of $3.45 million will mostly go to assess contamination on previously believed polluted properties. Cities hope the grants will allow development of sites plagued with fear and stigma.

By Robert Carr | Updated on April 23, 2001

DETROIT-The US Environmental Protection Agency recently awarded eight brownfieldgrants to Michigan communities. Keweenaw Bay, Jackson County (two), Lansing,Saginaw, St. Louis, Three Rivers and Washtenaw County will get a total of $3.45 million.

Brownfields are abandoned or underutilized properties where real or perceived environmental contamination has slowed redevelopment. Grants may be awarded to address individual sites, or groups of sites, within a defined geographic area.

“Grants like these are often the first step in getting momentum for a site locally,” Mick Hans of the EPA tells GlobeSt.com. “Fear and stigma are associated with these brownfield sites. Once the technical process is done, a legitimate study is done and options are quantified, the city and developers can usually make the redevelopment financially viable.”

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