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EPA $5 Million Brownfields Cleanup Grant to Revitalize Historic Family
Services Building in Poughkeepsie
Poughkeepsie, N.Y. (Nov. 20, 2024) – Today, the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency celebrated a nearly $5 million Brownfields cleanup grant to
clean up asbestos and perform other critical renovations at the Family
Partnership Center in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. EPA Deputy Administrator Alyssa
Arcaya, standing with state and local leaders, emphasized the significance of
this grant, made possible by the Biden-Harris Administration’s historic
Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, which allocates $1.5 billion to the Brownfields
Program nation-wide.
“This EPA grant will help clean up asbestos, preserve this historic
Poughkeepsie site, and ensure that the critical services provided by Family
Services, Inc. continue to benefit the surrounding communities,” said EPA
Regional Administrator Lisa F. Garcia. “The Brownfields Program grants,
bolstered by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, is a powerful tool for
revitalizing communities and promoting economic growth and job creation while
supporting environmental health.”
Family Services, Inc. will use the grant funds to clean up the Family
Partnership Center located at 29 North Hamilton Street in Poughkeepsie. The
110-year-old cleanup site was formerly a Catholic and a public high school.
Grant funds will support asbestos removal, building renovations, and the
preparation of a public involvement plan and community engagement activities.
Family Services, Inc. bought the building in 1997. The building currently
houses Family Services, Inc. and 20 public and private service organizations
that provide food and housing support, medical and dental care, mental health
services, crisis intervention, education, recreation and enrichment programs
to the community. The important cleanup project will ensure environmental
justice and the continuation of critical services for residents in
Poughkeepsie and surrounding communities.
“The Family Partnership Center has been a beacon of hope and support in
Poughkeepsie for decades. This EPA Brownfields grant represents a critical
investment in our community, enabling the building to remain a safe and
welcoming space for the vital services that over 20 partner organizations
provide to our neighbors,” said Leah Feldman, CEO of Family Services. “We
are deeply grateful for this support, which will strengthen our ability to
meet the critical needs of residents and support everyone’s right to
thrive.”
This grant is part of the EPA’s ongoing efforts to support economically
stressed communities in New York and across the nation. EPA’s Brownfields
Program provides essential resources to help communities clean up and
redevelop contaminated properties, attracting jobs, promoting economic
revitalization, and creating sustainable, environmentally just neighborhoods.
Thanks to the historic $1.5 billion boost from the Biden-Harris
Administration’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, EPA’s Brownfields Program
is helping more communities than ever before transform sites and address the
economic, social and environmental challenges caused by brownfields and
stimulate economic opportunity and environmental revitalization in
historically overburdened communities.
EPA’s Brownfields Program advances President Biden’s Justice40 Initiative,
which aims to ensure that 40% of the overall benefits of certain Federal
investments flow to disadvantaged communities that are marginalized by
underinvestment and overburdened by pollution. The Brownfields Program is
committed to meeting this goal and advancing environmental justice and equity
in all its work.
For more information on EPA’s Brownfields Program visit
EPA’s Brownfields webpage.