Two Hartford-area projects will get federal brownfields funding to clean up contaminated land for development, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced Thursday.
Riverfront Recapture, a nonprofit that manages riverside parks, was awarded a $500,000 Brownfields Program grant to clean up riverfront parcels on Leibert Road in Hartford and Meadow Road in Windsor. The land was used in the past for industry and agriculture and is contaminated with pesticides and other toxins.
"We are extremely grateful to the EPA for their support of our new park, regional trail connection, and commercial development in Hartford and Windsor,” Riverfront Recapture CEO Michael Zaleski said.