What type(s) of ARC grant(s) did you apply for this year? Who - - PDF document
G ETTING A H EAD S TART ON ARC G RANTS June 2016 C ENTER FOR C REATIVE L AND R ECYCLING Workshops Technical Assistance: EPA TAB grantee Policy & Research Consulting Online at www.cclr.org Sarah Sieloff
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June 2016
Sarah Sieloff sarah.sieloff@cclr.org Ignacio Dayrit
415.398.1080 | ignacio.dayrit@cclr.org
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Regis Mohawk Tribe
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Targeted Brownfields Assessments Area-Wide Planning Assessment Grants Cleanup Grants Revolving Loan Fund Grants Job Training Grants
https://www.epa.gov/grants/fy201 7-brownfields-area-wide- planning-grant AWP Webinar June 16 12:30 – 2:00 EDT http://epawebconferencing.acms. com/fy17bf_awp/ Phone - 866-299-3188 Code - 202 566 0633#
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Year # Communities # Grants** $M Awarded Applied % 2016 131 423 31 218 55.2 2015 147 449 33 243 54.3 (no RLF) 2014 171 491 35 267 64.0
2015
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IMPACTS Direct/Indirect Measured by Indicators ENVIRONMENTAL Poor Air Quality Dirty Surface water Toxic Groundwater Contaminated Soil Traffic HEALTH & WELFARE Poor Pedestrian Safety High Asthma High Diabetes Poor Heart Health Crime ECONOMIC Unrealized revenues Depressed tax revenue Response costs
OUTCOMES Direct/Indirect ENVIRONMENTAL Improved Air Quality Clean Surface water Safe Groundwater Healthy Soil Less Congestion HEALTH & WELAFRE Pedestrian Friendly Lower Asthma Lower Diabetes Good Heart Health Public safety ECONOMIC New revenues Tax increment Less response costs
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development, Commercial revitalization, Open space
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A Story of Grant Success
Presented by Julia Jacobs and Amberdawn Lafrance
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when stations closed
abandoned stations
grant is to identify all of our abandoned gas stations and marina’s, rank them based on criteria developed by our own community, and conduct Environmental Assessments on as many sites as possible.
Job Training Grant in 2013
Proposal in 2015
input
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Workshop” by Edward Wollman in 2011
Review
Manager
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physically, and economically from Brownfields contributing blight, poverty, devaluation of property, discouragement of investment, unemployment, health issues, and attraction to vandalism.
potential environmental hazards from abandoned gas stations and marinas.
Brownfields Program is to protect the natural resources in our area that carry a significance to our culture. The reduction or elimination of these natural resources through impacts from Brownfields negatively affects SRMT’s historical culture, livelihood, and overall lifestyle.
community
understanding grant guidelines and proposal format
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recommendations
Trainings/Workshop/Webinars
Jenn Bildersee jenn.bildersee@portlandoregon.gov
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East Portland Portland Population 147,347 609,456 Unemployment, Oct 2014 N/A 6.1 % % below poverty level 19.1 % 17.8 % % Nonwhite 33.0 % 23.9 % Median Household Income $42,500 $52,657 % 18 or younger 27.4 % 19.1 % % 5 or younger 6.8 % 6.0 % % 65 or older 15.2 % 10.4 % OREGON
commercial corridors with numerous vacant and underutilized sites (former gas stations, automotive service, dry cleaners, manufacturing)
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Brownfield Showcase grant in 1998
2003, 2005, 2008, and 2011
Revolving Loan Fund
by City of Portland – writes grant applications
(1) Developed goals internally, and discussed plans with potential partners (2) Started with previous grant template – but if you don’t have that, start with last year’s guidelines (3) Filled in all the easily accessible information (4) Provided draft letters of support to partners (5) Identified gaps; slowly filled with research (6) Sent drafts to CCLR and internal reviewers (7) Revised and submitted 3 days ahead
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early – long before you are working on your grant.
announced by EPA (now is good).
data like hard-to-track-down demographics, health statistics.
and CCLR review.
you will have to work with those same people for the next three years.
More than 65 properties totaling
cleaned up since the program began in 1998 11 parks, public spaces, school and community gardens planted
with our assistance 17 nonprofits serving Portland communities aided by brownfield grants 21 small business owners provided with PBP assessment grants for necessary environmental work on their properties
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Sean Farrelly, Redevelopment Project Manager City Center Development Agency of the City of Tigard
Income: $62,576
Portland (about 10 miles southwest of Portland city center)
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approved by voters in
plan
(tax increment financing) are spent in district on urban renewal projects
2014 (petroleum and hazardous substances)
citywide
site utilized grant
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its prominent location on Main Street and (partially
Adjacent uses: dry cleaner
PCE, TCE, cis-1,2-DCE, and vinyl chloride (VC)
Prospective Purchaser Agreement with DEQ (limits city’s liability)
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Main Str eet / F anno Cr eek pr
ties
A T igard Mixe d U se / Public Spac e De sign
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facilitate the site’s redevelopment
consultant assistance with technical aspects (contamination description, clean-up task descriptions
leveraging of projects
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