Our Grants
To date, a total of $895,000 in grant funding has been awarded to the City of Kinston. These funds have been used for both assessment of properties as well as cleanup of the former Harvey Oil site.
The most recent grant funding, amounting to $300,000 for new property assessments was awarded in October 2020.
Total Grant Funding Thus Far
$400,000 Assessment Grant
| Dates: | Oct 1, 2014 – Sept 30, 2017 |
| Status: | Closed |
Description/Use of Funds:
Grant funding used to assess eleven properties in Kinston for potential environmental impacts and to encourage redevelopment/economic investment into previously underutilized properties.
$195,000 Cleanup Grant
| Dates: | Oct 1, 2018 – Sept 30, 2021 |
| Status: | Closed |
Description/Use of Funds:
Grant funding was used to remove approximately 1,485 tons of impacted soil and 1,500 gallons of contaminated groundwater.
$300,000 Assessment Grant
| Dates: | Oct 1, 2020 – Sept 30, 2023 |
| Status: | Active |
Description/Use of Funds:
Grant funding will be used to assess properties along the Queen Street cooridor of Kinston for potential environmental impacts and to encourage redevelopment/economic investment into currently underutilized properties.
We've awarded more than half a million dollars so far!
About our current $300,000 grant
Plan Kinston
Plan Kinston, our comprehensive land use plan adopted in 2015, calls for the aesthetic enhancement of the Queen Street corridor and transforming downtown into a vibrant city center. The City intends to use this grant funding to assist in realizing this goal.
Assessment Activities
Grant funding will be used to conduct Phase I and Phase II environmental site assessments to identify and quantify potential environmental impacts from historical and/or current uses of the site and/or surrounding properties.
North Carolina Brownfields Program
Grant funding can also be used to enter eligible sites into the North Carolina Brownfields Program. Among many things, this Program provides the prospective developer liability protections as well as a 5-year tiered tax exclusion on qualifying improvements.
