UPDATE!!!! Brownfield Area-wide Planning Grant

Request for EPA Brownfield Grant Proposals - Area-wide Planning (AWP)

In mid-August 2012 (planned) EPA will announces the availability of EPA grant funds for projects  to facilitate community involvement and develop area-wide planning and implementation approaches to brownfield assessment, cleanup, and subsequent reuse.   Brownfield area-wide planning grant funding must be directed to specific areas affected by a single large or multiple brownfield sites, such as a neighborhood, downtown district, city block or local commercial corridor.  The grant funding will result in a plan and implementation strategy for the brownfields-affected area, which will inform the assessment, cleanup and reuse of brownfield properties and promote area-wide revitalization.  

Eligible applicants include local and State/Tribal governments, quasi-governmental agencies (e.g., Regional Planning Councils) and non-profit organizations.  (FY10 BF AWP Pilot Program recipients are not eligible to apply.)  The maximum total amount of grant funding that applicants may apply for is $200,000.  Applicants may apply for project periods of up to 24 months.  EPA anticipates selecting approximately 20 projects through this competitive opportunity. 

WEBINAR: Brownfield Grants Overview

Brownfield Grants Overview - July 12, 2012, 4:00PM-5:00PM EDT (20:00-21:00 GMT). This webinar will present an overview of the EPA's Brownfield Assessment, Cleanup and Revolving Loan program. Grant guidelines for FY13 are expected to be published at the end of summer so taking time now to learn about the program will be especially useful to new applicants. The presenters will go over: basics of the brownfield program; the three types of grants; who is eligible to apply; and what projects the grants cover. This webinar is meant as a primer for the subsequent webinars we'll be hosting in August where we go into much more details for each of the three grants. Those webinars will be held on August 16 - Assessments, August 23 - Cleanup, and August 30 - Revolving Loan Fund. Audience: Any potential brownfield applicant which includes any governmental entity, nonprofits and tribes. For more information and to register, see http://clu-in.org/live .

Kentucky DEP Offers Free Assessments

Free Assessments
The Kentucky Brownfield Program offers free Phase I and II environmental assessments to local governments, nonprofits and quasi-governmental agencies. Check out our Targeted Brownfield Assessment Program for more information.

Funding
Program staff can help identify funding for your project whether it is owned by a public or private entity. There are U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) grants available for cleanup and assessment, and there are tax incentives for private entities undertaking a brownfield cleanup project.

FREE: Building American Cities Toolkit for solutions to vacant/abandoned property.

New Web-Based Toolkit Offers Practical Strategies to Transform Blighted Property to Productive Reuse
 

The Center for Community Progress has launched a major new web-based tool – the “Building American Cities Toolkit” - that helps users drill down to practical solutions for vacant and abandoned property. Launched on June 15, the free resource is designed to let public officials, local leaders, stakeholders and residents shift easily from global overviews of dynamics into proven local solutions that offer practical strategies tailored to communities' unique local needs. For more information and to access the toolkit, click here.