What is the Brownfield Assessment Grant Program?
The objective of the Brownfield Assessment Grant Program is to assist property and business owners and infill developers in overcoming the barriers that contamination presents for the redevelopment of underutilized brownfield sites in the Charlotte’s distressed business districts and neighborhoods. Brownfield redevelopment removes blight, increases the tax base, retains and attracts quality businesses, provides services and jobs to the community, and reduces the potential of harm to the community from contamination. The Brownfield Assessment Grant Program provides 50% matching funds, up to $20,000 per site, to property owners for assessment activities at redevelopment sites suspected of contamination. Eligible Expenses: • Reasonable Phase I and II site assessment activities. • The Design of clean up/remediation activities. • Legal expenses related to negotiating Brownfield Agreements under the North Carolina Brownfield Property Reuse Act of 1997. • Sites suspected of contamination only
