EPA is announcing the availability of funding to eligible entities who wish to develop an area-wide plan for brownfields assessment, cleanup, and subsequent reuse. This funding is for research, technical assistance, and/or training activities directed to one or more brownfield site(s) located in a specific area (such as a neighborhood, district, local commercial corridor, community waterfront or city block). Each project funded under this grant must result in an area-wide plan which includes specific plan implementation strategies for assessing, cleaning up, and reusing the brownfields site(s) as well as related brownfields and project area revitalization strategies. EPA anticipates awarding approximately 20 projects in total, funded at up to $200,000 each. Please note that applicants who received a BF AWP grant from EPA in Fiscal Year 2010 or 2013 (FY10 or FY13) are not eligible to apply under this competition.

The proposal submission deadline is September 22, 2014. For more information and resources to guide you with your submission, please visit the links below.

FY2015 Brownfields Area-Wide Planning Grant Guidelines (PDF)

 
• Guidelines Outreach Webinars: EPA will provide two guidelines outreach webinars. The same information will be presented at each webinar. Webinar times/dates:
July 30, 2014 from 12:30 – 1:30pm EDT. Join the webinar at
1-866-299-3188 (code 202-566-0633#)
 
August 14, 2014 from 2 – 3:00pm EDT. Join the webinar at
1-866-299-3188 (code 202-566-0633#)
 
If you have never attended an Adobe Connect meeting before, test your connection: https://epa.connectsolutions.com/common/help/en/support/meeting_test.htm. Get a quick overview: http://www.adobe.com/products/adobeconnect.html
 
• More information on EPA’s BF AWP Grant program is at http://www.epa.gov/brownfields/areawide_grants.htm
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