Cooperative Agreement 96244121

This $840,000 cooperative agreement from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 2 under the Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.818) will provide funding for the Greater Mohawk Valley Land Bank Corporation to conduct brownfield site revitalization activities in the Villages of Canajoharie and Fort Plain and the City of Little Falls, New York through September 2026. Key deliverables include updating a brownfields site inventory, completing nine Phase I and six Phase II environmental site assessments, cleaning up five properties, developing six reuse plans, and supporting community outreach. Priority sites are a vacant mixed-use apartment building in Little Falls, an abandoned high school and large vacant properties in Fort Plain, and a former general store and filling station in Canajoharie. The brownfield activities are expected to benefit communities in the Mohawk Valley region.