Dearborn, MI

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.

In May 2004, the City of Dearborn, Michigan loaned $480,000 to the Dearborn Brownfield Redevelopment Authority to fund cleanup costs associated with the Kielb Park property. This loan was made possible through a $500,000 EPA Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) grant awarded to the City of Dearborn in 2000. Until the 1940s, the 11-acre property was mined for clay used in brick manufacturing. In the 1940s, fill material was added to the property as part of the nearby interstate construction. Since then, the property had been vacant or used as a park. Soil contamination in the form of lead, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, and other metals required cleanup, which was completed in September 2005. As a result, Kielb Park is one of nine community parks in Dearborn. For more information about this loan or the City of Dearborn EPA Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund, contact EPA Region 5 Brownfields Coordinator at (312) 886-7576.