2007 CPEO Brownfields List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>
Date: 17 Aug 2007 00:37:31 -0000
Reply: cpeo-brownfields
Subject: [CPEO-BIF] St. Matthew School site, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana
 
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
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