03D26124

Description: This agreement provides funding in the amount of $19,953,400 under the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) to Lucky Shoals Community Association (LSCA).

Specifically, the project will acquire land to create a green campus for the community of Norcross.

The agreement provides funding to LSCA to acquire land for rehabilitation and preservation of green space, plus administration through a land trust.

In addition, the space will provide community services such as emergency training and services, job training for new and soon to be created clean energy jobs.

The space will also be used to administer clean air and water programs.

Most importantly, this campus will be a safe space for the community to learn, gather, and connect with each other.

Activities: The activities include acquisition of land that will be rehabilitated and preserved as park/greenspace, to be administered through a local land trust; creation of a community resilience hub on the land, to provide emergency training and services, as well as serve as a site for administering current and future local clean energy and environment work - in a multicultural community that has proven hard to reach.

Administration of specifically expanded energy efficiency, outdoor air quality, and clean water programs for low-income residents; and the establishment of a central, accessible site for local workforce training in clean energy and environment - with the goal of equipping our robust, but undertrained construction industry to do much-needed green work in the very communities where they live.

Subrecipient: Activities to be implemented through subawards are 1) workforce development training, 2) energy audits and energy efficiency remediation, 3) indoor air quality assessment and remediation, 4) water assessment and remediation; and 5) community meetings/roundtables.

Outcomes: The anticipated deliverables include development of a website, community engagement plan, and emergency response plans.

The expected outcomes include construction of a green campus and resilience hub, workforce programs and workers trained, and homes weatherized.

The intended beneficiary is a federally designated disadvantaged community residing within the unincorporated area of Norcross in Gwinnett County, GA.

Lucky Shoals Community Association

S - CROSS AGENCY STRATEGY S.1 - ENSURE SCIENTIFIC INTEGRITY AND SCIENCE-BASED DECISION MAKING 2 - TAKE DECISIVE ACTION TO ADVANCE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND CIVIL RIGHTS 2.1 - PROMOTE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND CIVIL RIGHTS AT THE FEDERAL, TRIBAL, STATE, AND LOCAL LEVELS 5 - ENSURE CLEAN AND SAFE WATER FOR ALL COMMUNITIES 5.2 - PROTECT AND RESTORE WATERBODIES AND WATERSHEDS 2 - TAKE DECISIVE ACTION TO ADVANCE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND CIVIL RIGHTS 2.1 - PROMOTE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND CIVIL RIGHTS AT THE FEDERAL, TRIBAL, STATE, AND LOCAL LEVELS 2 - TAKE DECISIVE ACTION TO ADVANCE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND CIVIL RIGHTS 2.1 - PROMOTE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND CIVIL RIGHTS AT THE FEDERAL, TRIBAL, STATE, AND LOCAL LEVELS 2 - TAKE DECISIVE ACTION TO ADVANCE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND CIVIL RIGHTS 2.1 - PROMOTE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND CIVIL RIGHTS AT THE FEDERAL, TRIBAL, STATE, AND LOCAL LEVELS

66.616 - Environmental and Climate Justice Block Grant Program

EPA Region 4: Atlanta [EPA - RO]

Tucker, Georgia 30084-1503 United States

Single Zip Code

Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants Program (EPA-R-OEJECR-OCS-23-04)

Termination This project grant was reported as terminated by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) in July 2025. See All
Amendment Since initial award the End Date has been shortened from 11/30/27 to 05/02/25.