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Rock Hill Community Organization To Receive EPA Environmental Justice Grant

Release Date: 04/01/2009
Contact Information: Davina Marraccini, (404) 562-8293, marraccini.davina@epa.gov

(ATLANTA – APRIL 1, 2009) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will award an Environmental Justice Small Grant to A Place for Hope, Inc., in Rock Hill, S.C., to address environmental justice challenges. The award is one of forty grants, up to $20,000 each, being given to community-based organizations and local and tribal governments in 28 states for community projects aimed at addressing environmental and public health issues.

What: Rock Hill Environmental Justice Small Grant Award

Who: Beverly Banister, EPA Region 4 Acting Deputy Administrator;

Cynthia Peurifoy, EPA Region 4 Environmental Justice Program Manager;
Nancy Whittle, Community Liaison, South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control;
Roy Blake, York County Councilman for District 4;
Dr. Jennifer Leigh Disney, President of A Place for Hope, Inc.’s, Board of Directors; and
Karen McKernan, Executive Director of A Place for Hope, Inc.

Rock Hill, S.C.