[CPEO-BIF] St. Matthew School site, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

U.S. EPA Region 6
Press Release
August 16, 2007

Historic school gets nearly $200,000 from EPA to remove asbestos
St. Matthew School Community Association, Inc. to receive brownfields grant

(Dallas, Texas - August 16, 2007) St. Matthew School Community 
Association, Inc., of Natchitoches Parish has been awarded $197,996 in 
brownfields funding by the Environmental Protection Agency to remove 
asbestos-containing materials.

The association is working to revitalize the site of the former St. 
Matthew High School, which is listed on the National Register of 
Historic Places as the first public high school constructed for African 
Americans in the county. Plans include redeveloping the property into a 
cultural center that will offer health, employment, education and 
recreation programs.

"EPA uses the brownfields program to partner with communities, so we can 
give challenged properties new purpose and new life," said EPA Regional 
Administrator Richard E. Greene. "This project is a great example of how 
cleaning up such sites is creating a healthier, more prosperous future 
for the next generation."

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For the entire press release, see
http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/f8623d339ccd073485257339006bc6ee?OpenDocument

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org


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