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EPA ANNOUNCES FIRST "SMART GROWTH" GRANTS

Release Date: 07/23/2002
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FOR RELEASE: TUESDAY, JULY 23, 2002
EPA ANNOUNCES FIRST “SMART GROWTH” GRANTS
Dave Ryan 202-564-7827 / ryan.dave@epa.gov



EPA Deputy Administrator Linda Fisher tomorrow Wednesday, July 24, will announce the launching of EPA’s Smart Growth grant program. EPA is awarding $405,000 to nine communities under the “Smart Growth: Saving Open Space, Revitalizing Brownfields” program. Each community will receive $45,000 for the redevelopment of properties where reuse is complicated by real or perceived contamination.

WHO: EPA Deputy Administrator Linda Fisher

WHAT: Smart Growth’s first grants program to nine communities for reuse and redevelopment of Brownfields properties.

WHEN: Wednesday, July 24, 2002
12:55 p.m., EDT

WHERE: Capital Hilton
1001 16th Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C.


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