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EPA Region 7 Presents $500K Brownfields Check to Schuyler Community
Development in Nebraska
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 7 – 11201 Renner Blvd., Lenexa,
KS 66219
Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and Nine Tribal Nations
LENEXA, KAN. (JULY 24, 2024) – Today at a brownfield site in Schuyler,
Nebraska, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 7 Administrator
Meg McCollister presented a $500,000 ceremonial check to Schuyler Community
Development as an EPA Brownfields Assessment Grant selectee.
EPA selected the organization to receive the grant through EPA’s Brownfields
Multipurpose, Assessment, and Cleanup (MAC) Grants program. MAC Grant funds
help transform once-polluted, vacant, and abandoned properties into community
assets, while helping to create good jobs and spur economic revitalization in
overburdened communities.
“EPA Region 7 is proud to deliver these Brownfields funding resources to the
Schuyler community. Our rural communities face unique challenges in addressing
brownfields, and many lack the resources to tackle the redevelopment of
brownfields on their own,” McCollister said. “With this grant, Schuyler
Community Development can take another step toward turning blight into might.”
This is the first time Schuyler Community Development has been selected for
funding through the EPA Brownfields MAC Grants program. The target area for
this grant is the Downtown Historic District of Schuyler. Priority sites
include a former hotel, municipal power plant, and grain elevator.
“With the help of the City of Schuyler and stakeholders, including the
Schuyler Area Chamber of Commerce, Center for Rural Affairs, CHI
Health-Schuyler, and local business in Schuyler’s Downtown Historic District,
SCD greatly appreciates the opportunity to utilize EPA Brownfields funding to
help assess and revitalize our historic downtown and other areas of town that
have lacked sufficient resources in the past,” said Schuyler Community
Development Economic Development Coordinator Brian Bywater. “Revitalization
and redevelopment of the Downtown Historic District and the broader community
through a strategic Brownfield Program will bring investment, jobs,
beautification and, most importantly, a greater opportunity for Schuyler’s
residents.”
Grant funds will be used to conduct multiple Phase I and Phase II
environmental site assessments. This funding will also be used to identify and
prioritize additional sites; develop four cleanup plans; conduct three
visioning sessions; prepare three site reuse assessments and one
revitalization plan; and perform community engagement activities.
Background? 
EPA’s Brownfields program began in 1995 and has provided nearly $2.7 billion
in Brownfields Grants to assess and clean up contaminated properties and
return blighted properties to productive reuse. Prior to the Bipartisan
Infrastructure Law, this program made approximately $60 million available each
year. Thanks to the President’s historic investments in America through this
law, EPA has increased that yearly investment by nearly 400%.
More than half of the funding available for this grant cycle (approximately
$160 million) comes from the historic $1.5 billion investment from President
Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. This investment has also allowed the
MAC Grants’ maximum award amounts to increase significantly from $500,000 to
a new maximum of $5 million per award.
To see the list of the fiscal year 2024 MAC applicants selected for funding,
visit EPA’s webpage.
Learn more about EPA’s Brownfields program.
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