Senator Reed joined with Curt Spalding, the Regional Administrator of the EPA, along with Central Falls Mayor James Diossa, Pawtucket Mayor Donald R. Grebien, the Congressional Delegation, and environmental leaders, to announce the awarding approximately $1.32 million in Brownfield Assessment, Job Training and Cleanup Grant funding to municipalities and organizations across the state of Rhode Island.
These federal EPA Brownfield grants provide communities with funding necessary to assess, clean up and ultimately redevelop contaminated properties, boost local economies and leverage jobs while protecting public health and the environment.
“I am pleased to have secured federal brownfield funding to help communities throughout the state unlock local redevelopment opportunities and restore these sites to productive use,” said Senator Reed, a member of the Appropriations Subcommittee that oversees federal funding for EPA programs. In 2002, Reed helped pass legislation making this federal funding possible. “Not only will this federal investment help protect public health and the environment, but it will also allow communities to work in partnership to revitalize these sites and strengthen the local economy.”
