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Seattle (July 20, 2022)  –  Today, U.S.

As you walk around downtown, you may notice many new affordable and market-rate housing units popping up. Now, a $500,000 grant announced Thursday will contribute to this changing landscape.

The Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) was considering whether participation in the Brownfield Tax Credit Program constituted Substantial Government Assistance (SGA).

Following the enactment of the federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (H.R. 3684) and its signing into law by President Joseph R. Biden this month, significantly expanded...

The grants will help Bloomington, Union City and Clarksville Build Back Better CHICAGO (MAY 13, 2021) — Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that the cities of Bloomington and Union City and the Town of Clarksville in Indiana have been selected to receive grant awards totaling $1.4 million in Brownfields funding through its Multipurpose, Assessment and Cleanup (MAC) Grants. The funding will support the three communities in assessing and cleaning up abandoned industrial and...

  The  Vermont Environmental Consortium (VEC) is excited to present our Spring 2021 Virtual Conference. Similar to our past several conferences, this will be a collaborative effort between the VEC and Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation (VT DEC), and we have invited other members of state government, private sector consultants and service providers, and Regional Planning and Development Corporation members to present.    Unlike the last several conferences that focused on Wat...

Monadnock Ledger-Transcript Published: 5/17/2021 4:15:29 PM The town of Jaffrey has been awarded $300,000 from the Environmental Protection Agency’s Brownfield Program grants to assess sites with potential hazards, and prepare them for redevelopment. First on the list are the former St. Patrick’s School and the former W.W. Cross building. “Brownfield” properties are sites where there is potential for expansion or redevelopment, complicated by the presence – or just potential presence ...

EPA awards $2.8M in brownfields grants to region | The Daily Gazette SECTIONS By | GLOVERSVILLE & MONTGOMERY COUNTY – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday announced a $300,000 Brownfields Program assessment grant for properties in Fulton County and an $800,000 multipurpose grant for the Greater Mohawk Valley Land Bank. The grants are part of $66.5 million worth of EPA grants awarded to 151 communities nationwide for the purpose of assessing and cleaning up contaminated pro...

Tim Shelley / Peoria Public Radio The Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity is awarding a $950,000 grant to the City of Peoria through its Illinois Rebuild: Shovel Ready program to help fund rehabilitation of the former Tabor property on the citys South Side.  Joe Dulin, the citys assistant director of community development, said without the funding, the renovation project would not have been possible. "Any time we can get outside funding to help fund these things so its n...

Marshall Helmberger TOWER— Work on a controversial RV park here is now underway even as the developer faces continued uncertainty over sewage disposal, the status of a former dump, and possible legal action from neighbors. It’s been a long time coming for Dave Rose, who purchased a nine-acre parcel along the East Two River back in 2015 with the intent of building what he’s dubbed an RV resort. He’s faced a myriad of delays as city officials grappled with zoning questions and Rose’s o...