I am proud to say the Environmental Protection Agency awarded $1.6 million in Recovery Act money to clean up polluted land in the Green Impact Zone.
Most importantly, about half the money will be used to train 80 people in handling hazardous waste associated with cleaning up contaminated sites.
$560,000 will be used for grants to clean up brownfields, fund redevelopment and employ nearby residents of the sites.
The plan is to recruit unemployed and underemployed people within the 150-block Green Impact Zone in the urban core of Kansas City.
