A $349M public-private investment in Bronx, N.Y. set to house the Universal Hip Hop Museum in the borough where the music genre started, also adds 3 acres of public esplanade and park space sorely needed in the community.
Bolstered by new funding from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, the EPA has awarded $254 million in new and supplemental brownfield grants to 265 communities across the country.
The Bronx’s Hunts Point district has a front-row seat for the cutting edge of community-driven urban redevelopment as the $300-million, 850,000-sq-ft Peninsula completes the first of three phases that will transform its neighborhood and redraw the local map.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded grants totaling $3.8 million to 19 U.S. communities in 18 states to plan rehabilitation of brownfields, the agency said on Jan. 5.