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Environmental Progress - Spring 2003

Brownfields Grants to 17 Communities

Awards announced at annual conference

2003 Recipients	Grant Amounts
Cicero	$105,486
Olney	$120,000
Posen	$120,000
Karnak	$97,495
Woodstock	$10,689
Gillespie	$87,750
Calumet City	$88,305
Barrington Hills	$119,474
Rosiclare	$119,939
Braidwood	$30,106
Eureka	$62,016
Mendota	$63,895
Des Plaines	$36,590
Naplate	$38,335
DeKalb	$44,827
Hoopeston	$39,252
Machesney Park	$107,341

Seventeen Illinois communities were recognized as recipients of Brownfields Redevelopment Grants at the 2003 Brownfields Conference held in Springfield May 20 and 21.

IEPA Director Renee Cipriano presents Brownfields grant check to Dan Fisher, mayor of Gillespie

Dan Fisher, mayor of Gillespie, accepts an oversize replica of the Brownfields grant check for his community from IEPA Director Renee Cipriano

“ Brownfields grants provide Illinois communities with the funding they need to evaluate the environmental impact of past uses of property, enabling them to plan for rehabilitation and redevelopment,” said Illinois EPA Director Renee Cipriano. Topics at this year’s conference included strategies for site selection and land acquisition, regulatory changes affecting cleanups, financing strategies and opportunities, new remedial technologies and the skills needed to conduct environmental assessments.

Seventy-five Illinois communities have received over $7.5 million for environmental assessments of brownfields sites. This assistance is often the catalyst to restore to productive use sites that have been community eyesores or potential hazards.