Kansas City awarded $6 million in EPA Grants to revitalize neighborhoods
The EPA Brownfields grant money is used to transform any vacant or underused property, like the Benson site at 18th and Agnes, which may have environmental issues connected to it.
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According to the city, the $4 million will be used to clean up and redevelop 47 vacant lots in the historic Washington Wheatley neighborhood and the former Benson manufacturing site near 18th and Agnes Avenue
The additional $2 million will create a 'Supplemental Revolving Loan Fund.' The city's website says this loan will expand the City's ability to provide low-interest loans and subgrants for cleanup sites.
'The $6 million EPA investment will accelerate our work transforming environmental challenges into neighborhood opportunities,' said Mayor Quinton Lucas.
'Being one of only eight cities nationwide to receive a cleanup grant at this level recognizes Kansas City's leadership in equitable community development through Brownfields revitalization.'
Over the past 28 years, Kansas City has used $40 million in grants to improve redevelopment projects like the Aldi at 39th and Troost and the Zhou B Art Center.
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