(AGENPARL) – gio 12 ottobre 2023 Issued: Oct 12, 2023 (2:51pm EDT)
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EPA Celebrates Historic Brownfields Investments with Greater Pittsburgh Area
Grantees
PITTSBURGH (October 12, 2023) – Following a May announcement that over $14
million in Brownfields funding was being awarded in Pennsylvania, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency Regional Administrator Adam Ortiz joined local
environmental and community leaders in Pittsburgh today to celebrate the
historic investment.
Awarded through the Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund and Cleanup
(MARC) Grant Program, the North Side Industrial Development Company (NSIDC)
and the Young Preservationists Association of Pittsburgh (YPA) will
collectively invest $1 million in the Greater Pittsburgh area to conduct 30
Phase I and 23 Phase II environmental site assessments, prepare seven cleanup
plans, and conduct community outreach and engagement activities that will help
transform sites back into safe and productive reuse.
“EPA’s Brownfields grants have transformed neighborhoods across the
country, and thanks to the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, Allegheny County is
seeing more money than ever invested in assessing and cleaning up abandoned
properties,” said EPA Mid-Atlantic Regional Administrator Adam Ortiz.
“These assessment grants are often the first step towards cleaner, greener,
and safer spaces and EPA is proud to play a role in that.”
Announced at a site on Perrysville Avenue in the Perry Hilltop Neighborhood of
the City, EPA joined leaders from NSIDC and YPA, along with city, county, and
local stakeholders to celebrate this investment and look towards the future.
The site, while presently vacant, is expected to one day be a community center
and day care. As part of the Urban Development Authority’s Avenues of Hope
program, Perrysville Avenue will also leverage federal American Rescue Plan
Act dollars to transform the corridor into a vibrant, safe, diverse, and
culture-rich hub.
“Our team at NSIDC is very excited to continue our economic development work
utilizing this $500,000 EPA Brownfield Assessment Grant throughout the
Pittsburgh region. It’s these types of investments from the Federal
Government that allows forgotten communities to be a part of equitable growth
of the economy”, said Juan Garrett, Executive Director, North Side Industrial
Development Company.
As part of President’s Biden’s Investing in America Agenda to grow the
American economy from the bottom up and middle out – EPA’s Brownfields
Program is helping more communities than ever before begin to address the
economic, social, and environmental challenges caused by brownfields and
stimulate economic opportunity and environmental reutilization in historically
overburdened communities.
“Young Preservationists Association (YPA) is honored to stand with EPA as a
conduit of these resources that will be of service to so many. Our sincerest
thanks go to the Mayor of McKeesport, Mike Cherepko, and his team for their
partnering with us on this important work and for their belief in our mission
of economic development through historic preservation. In addition to our
thanks to the EPA we would also like to thank our Board of Directors and the
Allegheny Foundation for their kind and generous support, “said Matthew
Craig, Executive Director of the Young Preservationists Association of
Pittsburgh.
“This monumental investment by the EPA in the Greater Pittsburgh area
underscores the importance of collective action, converging government and
community organizations, to revitalize and repurpose our brownfield sites. As
we witness these funds coming into our communities, we are not just seeing the
physical transformation of neglected spaces, but also sewing the seeds of
opportunity, sustainability, and environmental justice into the very fabric of
our neighborhoods. It is crucial that we continue to channel our energies and
resources into initiatives like the MARC Grant Program, ensuring that all
communities, especially those that have borne the brunt of economic and
environmental disparities, are given the chance to flourish. The collaborative
work we engage in today is paving the way for a greener, more equitable
tomorrow for the people of Western Pennsylvania,” said U.S. Congresswoman
Summer Lee.
Many communities that are under economic stress, particularly those located in
areas that have experienced long periods of disinvestment, lack the resources
needed to initiate brownfield cleanup and redevelopment projects. As
brownfield sites are transformed into community assets, they attract jobs,
promote economic revitalization and transform communities into sustainable
and environmentally just places.
“The EPA Brownfields Program is a great example of what happens when
government and non-profits work together to provide economic re-birth to
neighborhoods and communities that have long been neglected. Thanks to the
Biden Administration, who believe that stabilization and expansion of
communities take place from the bottom up and middle out this initiative is
possible. I can’t wait to see what develops through the initial investment
by the North Side Industrial Develop Company (NSIDC) and Young
Preservationists Association of Pittsburgh (YAA). Through reclaiming land and
putting it to good use, we reclaim neighborhoods and residents,” said Mayor
of Pittsburgh Ed Gainey.  
You can read more about this year’s MARC Grant selectees in Pennsylvania and
other states and Tribes MARC selectees.
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