Shreveport, LA

Assessment Demonstration Pilot Fact Sheet
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Publication Number: EPA 500-F-01-331
July 2001

Supplemental Assistance for Assessment Demonstration Pilot Fact Sheet
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Publication Number: EPA 500-F-00-047
April 2000

Supplemental Assistance for Assessment Demonstration Pilot Fact Sheet
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Publication Number: EPA 500-F-02-105
May 2002

Cleanup Revolving Loan Fund Pilot Fact Sheet
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Publication Number: EPA 500-F-00-215
September 2000

Pilot refers to projects funded prior to 2003. Grants refer to projects funded from 2003 on, under the authority of the Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act.

On June 14, 2000, the City of Shreveport, Louisiana, loaned $400,000 to Shreveport Public Assembly and Recreation (SPAR) to assist with cleanup costs associated with the Southwestern Electric Power Company property. This loan was made possible through a $500,000 EPA Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) grant awarded to the City of Shreveport in 1999. The cleanup, which was completed in June 2003, involved the removal of contaminated soil from the property. In addition to EPA funding, SPAR leveraged over $100,000,000 in redevelopment funding through federal, local and private partnerships. A new Convention Center is open for business with 350,000 square feet of space, including a 95,000-square foot convention hall, a 18,000 square foot ballroom, meeting rooms, and all of the necessary public and support space, including a parking garage and a major hotel connected directly to the convention center. The new Convention Center including the hotel created and sustains over 1,000 jobs in the community. For more information about this loan or the City of Shreveport EPA Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund, contact the EPA Region 6 Brownfields Coordinator at (214) 665-6780.