CHICAGO – Today, May 20, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced more than $6 million for seven grants from President Biden’s Investing in America agenda to expedite the assessment and cleanup of brownfield sites in Ohio while advancing environmental justice. These investments through EPA’s Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, and Cleanup and Revolving Loan Fund grant programs will help transform once-polluted, vacant, and abandoned properties into community assets, while helping to create good jobs and spur economic revitalization in overburdened communities.
EPA selected six communities in Ohio to receive grants totaling $5.5 million in competitive EPA Brownfields funding through the multipurpose, assessment, and cleanup grant programs.
The Cuyahoga Land Bank has been selected to receive $500,000 to clean up the proposed Hillson Nut Company expansion project site located at 3203 W. 71st Street in the city of Cleveland.
Read the full EPA release HERE.