INC NEWS - Durham Holds Brownfields Grant Application Public Meeting Oct. 21

[Blalock, Amy]

CITY OF DURHAM

Office of Public Affairs

101 City Hall Plaza

Durham, NC 27701

 

 

News Release

 

For Details, Contact:

Amy C. Blalock

Senior Public Affairs Specialist

(919) 560-4123 x 253

(919) 475-7735 (cell)

Amy.Blalock at durhamnc.gov <mailto:Amy.Blalock at durhamnc.gov> 

 

For Immediate Release:  October 14, 2008

 

Durham Holds Public Meeting For Brownfields Grant Application 

Public Input Needed for EPA Grant Application to Help Fund Additional
Cleanup Activities

 

What:              Public Meeting Regarding EPA Grant Application and
Update on Current Brownfield Activities in Northeast Central Durham

 

Who:               City of Durham Office of Economic and Workforce
Development (OEWD)

 

When:             Tuesday, October 21, 2008, at 7 p.m.

 

Where:           Durham City Hall

                        City Council Chambers, First Floor


101 City Hall Plaza

                        Durham, N.C. 27701

 

Fast Facts

*         The City of Durham is submitting a grant application to the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to continue environmental
assessment and cleanup activities for properties in Northeast Central
Durham where expansion, redevelopment, or reuse may be complicated by
the potential presence of hazardous substances, pollutants, or
contaminants.

 

*         In accordance with the Northeast Central Durham Strategic
Revitalization Plan, the City is actively working to redevelop several
key areas.  Brownfield activities completed thus far have identified
several properties in Northeast Central Durham through community
participation, site inventory, and environmental assessment activities,
where known or perceived environmental contamination is complicating
proposed redevelopment activities.  

 

*         The City is seeking public input on expanding its brownfield
efforts to other areas of the community.  Funding under the proposed EPA
grant application can be utilized to investigate brownfield properties
city-wide.

 

*         The grant amount requested is $400,000.  If funded, the grant
will be used for community outreach, environmental assessment, and clean
up/redevelopment planning activities at properties potentially impacted
by petroleum and hazardous substance contamination.  

 

*         Community involvement is an integral part in these types of
projects and is a key factor in the EPA's evaluation of the grant
application.  Therefore, public and community-based organizations are
encouraged to provide comments and review the draft grant application
prior to its submittal to the EPA on November 14, 2008.  

 

*         For additional information, contact Grace Dzidzienyo,
brownfield project manager with the City's OEWD, at (919) 560-4965 or 
grace.dzidzienyo at durhamnc.gov.  

 

About the Office of Economic and Workforce Development

The Office of Economic and Workforce Development seeks to increase the
city's tax base through several revitalization initiatives including new
development efforts in the central city area; identifies and recruits
target industries; and assesses/trains citizens to fill new jobs.  For
more information about this department, visit 
www.durhamnc.gov/departments/eed.   

 

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