COLUMBUS, Ohio – Gov. Mike DeWine and Lydia Mihalik, director of the Ohio Department of Development, announced that $88 million in grant funding is now available to help communities clean up contaminated properties and prepare them for new development opportunities.
The funding will be awarded as part of the Ohio Brownfield Remediation Program, which helps communities across the state clean up industrial, commercial and institutional brownfield sites that are abandoned, idled or underused due to a known or potential release of hazardous substances or petroleum.
“No community should be held back by a property that’s unsafe or unusable,” DeWine said. “Through the Ohio Brownfield Remediation Program, we’re giving every county in Ohio the opportunity to tackle these brownfields head-on, restore pride in their neighborhoods and lay the groundwork for long-term prosperity.”
Projects that assess or remediate brownfield properties are eligible for funding. Entities that contributed to the contamination of properties are not eligible to apply.
Through its first 10 rounds, the Brownfield Remediation Program, which was launched in 2021, has provided nearly $717 million to support 681 projects in 86 counties. The program is administered by the Department of Development.
“For nearly five years, the Brownfield Remediation Program has turned liabilities into assets, transforming countless communities and paving the way for new opportunities all across Ohio,” Mihalik said. “No one knows the needs of our neighborhoods better than our local partners, and no one has worked harder to bring these lost properties back to life.”
Applications are open through 5 p.m. Dec. 5. For more information and to apply, click HERE.