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Cuyahoga County sites among those getting state brownfield grants

By Peter Krouse, cleveland.com CLEVELAND, Ohio – Gov. Mike DeWine announced on Monday that more than $58 million has been directed toward 61 hazardous brownfield sites in the state, including

Ohio puts $1.2M into restoration of West Side Market

Cleveland (WJW) – The West Side Market is getting $1.2 million from the state of Ohio to help with restoration efforts underway at the historic site. On Wednesday, Gov. Mike DeWine’s

Mission Possible: Cuyahoga Land Bank battles blight to improve neighborhoods

EAST CLEVELAND, Ohio – Broken, vacant and forgotten: that’s how neighbors near this block of Northfield Ave in East Cleveland feel about these abandoned homes. A drain on area property

Remembering Cuyahoga Land Bank founder Gus Frangos

Ideastream Public Media | By Des Torres The man many credit with stabilizing the housing market in Northeast Ohio in the wake of the 2008 housing crisis and who helped write the state law that

Cuyahoga wins $45 million to remediate 7 brownfield sites

By Kaitlin Durbin, cleveland.com CLEVELAND, Ohio – Seven brownfield properties across Cuyahoga County will soon have new life, including the former National Acme site once considered for a

Cuyahoga Land Bank founder Gus Frangos leaves ‘immeasurable’ legacy: ‘We wouldn’t be here without him’

By Kaitlin Durbin, cleveland.com CLEVELAND, Ohio – The Amazon fulfillment center in North Randall – and the thousands of jobs it supports – wouldn’t exist without Gus Frangos.

Cuyahoga Land Bank offers house repair grants to longtime homeowners in Circle East District

CLEVELAND – Longtime homeowners in Cuyahoga County’s Circle East District could be eligible to get grant funding for home renovations and maintenance from the land bank. What You Need To

EPA Announces $6.5 Million in Brownfield Grants Through Investing in America Agenda to Rehabilitate and Revitalize Communities in Ohio

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

Vacant factory that built Hulett ore unloaders purchased by Cleveland’s new $50M Site Readiness Fund

CLEVELAND – An immense vacant factory in Cleveland’s Central neighborhood, where massive Hulett ore unloading cranes were made more than a century ago, will have a new shot at economic

Site Readiness Fund nabs expansive vacant property in Cleveland’s Central neighborhood

CLEVELAND, Ohio – After sitting largely vacant since 1993, an expansive building and the 10 acres of land that it stands on in Cleveland’s Central neighborhood will get a new life after