Northeast News
Nov. 18, 2014

KANSAS CITY, Missouri — A public brownfields meeting will be held from 3 – 5 p.m. today, Tuesday, Nov. 18,  at Mid-America Regional Council, 600 Broadway, Suite 300.

According to Wikipedia, a brownfield site is land previously used for industrial purposes. Hazardous materials or pollution may still be prevalent, but the site has the potential to be re-purposed once the materials are cleaned.

Public input is invited and encouraged on several EPA Brownfields projects:

• A proposed EPA brownfields cleanup grant of $200,000 sought by Hardesty Renaissance Economic Development Corporation (HREDC) for the cleanup of hazardous substances from the Hardesty Federal Complex, Building No. 10, located at 607 Hardesty Ave., Kansas City, MO.  A draft grant proposal and an analysis of brownfield cleanup alternatives (ABCA) will be available for public comment and discussed at the meeting.

• An EPA brownfields assessment grant sought by the City of Kansas City, MO and Land Bank of Kansas City, MO for the assessment of vacant properties in the Land Bank inventory and other brownfield properties in located in the City and Jackson County.

• A request for assessment assistance by Bottoms Up, LLC for a Phase I area-wide assessment in an area bounded by Front Street to Guinotte Viaduct, and Wabash to Bellefontaine.

In addition, updates will be provided on existing brownfield projects. For a complete agenda and more information, please contact:
Andrew Bracker, Brownfields Coordinator, KCMO City Planning and Development, at 816-513-3002 or by email at andrew.bracker@kcmo.org.