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EPA AWARDS $200,000 TO BROWNFIELDS COMMUNITIES IN CINCINNATI, OHIO AND GARY, IND. FOR JOB TRAINING
Release Date: 01/18/2002
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FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 2002
EPA AWARDS $200,000 TO BROWNFIELDS COMMUNITIES IN
CINCINNATI, OHIO AND GARY, IND. FOR JOB TRAINING
Wanda Loving 202-564-7822 / loving.wanda@epa.gov
CINCINNATI, OHIO AND GARY, IND. FOR JOB TRAINING
Wanda Loving 202-564-7822 / loving.wanda@epa.gov
EPA recently awarded $200,000 in grants to provide environmental job training at brownfields sites in Cincinnati, Ohio, and Gary, Ind. Often found in economically distressed areas, Brownfields are abandoned or underutilized properties that can be returned to productive economic use. With its grant, the city of Cincinnati aims to provide 75 community residents with skills to participate in ongoing brownfields assessment and cleanup projects. The city of Gary, which has an unemployment rate of 14 percent, plans to train 160 residents living in designated empowerment and airport development zones with its grant. The training program includes units on health and safety, emergency response, construction trades, innovative remediation technologies and lead and asbestos abatement. The grants, formally known as Job Training Demonstration Pilot Projects, are used to teach environmental-cleanup job skills to individuals living in low-income areas near brownfield sites over a two-year period. Many of the individuals who successfully complete the training program go on to pursue careers with environmental firms and organizations. For more information on brownfields, visit: https://www.epa.gov/brownfields/.
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