(AGENPARL) – gio 15 giugno 2023 Issued: Jun 15, 2023 (4:00pm EDT)
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EPA Region 7 to Present City of Fort Dodge, Iowa, with $500K Check for
Brownfields Grant
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 7 – 11201 Renner Blvd., Lenexa,
KS 66219
Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and Nine Tribal Nations
LENEXA, KAN. (JUNE 15, 2023) – On Friday, June 16, the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) Region 7 will present a $500,000 ceremonial check to
the City of Fort Dodge, Iowa. The city will host the ceremony at the City
Council Chambers.
EPA selected the City of Fort Dodge for a Brownfields Assessment Grant.
Community-wide grant funds will be used to conduct 20 Phase I and seven Phase
II environmental site assessments. Grant funds also will be used to conduct
area-wide planning, cleanup planning, and community outreach activities.
The target area for this grant is the city’s downtown. Priority sites
include a former residential building, an underutilized storage building, and
a former motel.
These investments are part of President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda
to grow the American economy from the bottom up and middle-out – from
rebuilding our nation’s infrastructure, to driving over $470 billion in
private-sector manufacturing and clean-energy investments in the United
States, to creating a manufacturing and innovation boom powered by good-paying
jobs that don’t require a four-year degree, to building a clean-energy
economy that will combat climate change and make our communities more
resilient.
“EPA is proud to once again partner with Fort Dodge,” said EPA Region 7
Land, Chemical, and Redevelopment Division Director Jeff Robichaud. “This
grant will add to the city’s ongoing efforts to provide a cleaner
environment and spur economic growth in the region.”
“The redevelopment of brownfield sites is not economically feasible without
the assistance of our partners at EPA,” said Fort Dodge Community and
Economic Development Director Vickie Reeck. “Fort Dodge is excited to
continue the long-standing relationship with our friends at Region 7, as we
begin our next Community-Wide Assessment Grant.”
WHO: 
EPA Region 7 Land, Chemical, and Redevelopment Division Director Jeff
Robichaud
Fort Dodge Mayor Matt Bemrich
Fort Dodge Community and Economic Development Director Vickie Reeck
WHAT: Brownfields grant ceremonial check presentation to the City of Fort
Dodge, Iowa
WHEN: Friday, June 16, at 2:30 p.m. CDT
WHERE: Fort Dodge City Council Chambers, 819 1st Avenue South, Fort Dodge,
Iowa
Background
EPA has selected these organizations to receive funding to address and support
the reuse of brownfield sites. EPA anticipates making all the awards recently
announced, once all legal and administrative requirements are satisfied.
EPA’s Brownfields Program began in 1995 and has provided nearly $2.37
billion in Brownfields Grants to assess and clean up contaminated properties
and return blighted properties to productive reuse. EPA’s investments in
addressing brownfield sites have leveraged over $36 billion in cleanup and
redevelopment. Over the years, the relatively small investment of federal
funding has leveraged nearly 260,000 jobs from both public and private
sources. Communities that previously received Brownfields Grants used these
resources to fund assessments and cleanups of brownfields, and successfully
leveraged an average of 10.6 jobs per $100,000 of EPA Brownfield Grant funds
spent and $19.78 for every dollar.
The next National Brownfields Training Conference will be held on Aug. 8-11,
2023, in Detroit. Offered every two years, this conference is the largest
gathering of stakeholders focused on cleaning up and reusing former commercial
and industrial properties. EPA co-sponsors this event with the International
City/County Management Association (ICMA).
Learn more about Brownfields Grants
Learn more about EPA’s Brownfields Program
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