SRPEDD EPA Brownfields Community Assessment Grant

The Community Assessment Grant, awarded to SRPEDD in 2022 by the US EPA, will enable site environmental evaluation and community reuse planning activities at up to ten brownfield sites in the region. While the grant scope initially focused on several adjacent sub-watersheds, connecting the Ten Mile River to Mount Hope Bay, the potential project area has officially been expanded to the entire SRPEDD region. We are thrilled at the opportunity to support the rehabilitation of abandoned or underutilized properties suffering with a legacy of environmental contamination into cleaned-up, active sites that can become valued community assets.

A Steering Committee made up of representative from the subject area towns, state agencies, and local groups will guide the selection of sites for evaluation under the grant scope.

The Steering Committee Kick-Off Meeting was held on 9/19/2022. View the introductory presentation here.