This agreement will provide funding for howardville community betterment committee to inventory, characterize, assess, and conduct cleanup planning and community involvement related activities for…

This agreement will provide funding for howardville community betterment committee to inventory, characterize, assess, and conduct cleanup planning and community involvement related activities for brownfield sites in the primarily african america minority communities of the city of howardville and the village of north lilbourn in new madrid county, and the cities of homestown and hayti heights in pemiscot county, missouri. Environmental investigations and community planning activities are planned at the five priority brownfield sites which have been identified for redevelopment, two in howardville and one within each of the other coalition partner communities, which are the target areas for this project. The local historic school building located in city of howardville is also planned in addition to the above five sites. Additional priority sites will be identified during the ongoing environmental work. The primary beneficiaries of this grant will be the residents of the local communit