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$21.5M to Revitalize Brownfield Communities

OAKLAND COUNTY, MI-Three Michigan communities will receive $3 million in brownfield cleanup grants. The rest of the money, which is used to leverage private investment, goes to other states.

By Robert Carr | Updated on May 07, 2002

OAKLAND COUNTY, MI-Environmental Protection Agency administrator Christie Whitman has announced $21.5 million in brownfield grants to clean up and revitalizeblighted communities in 17 states. “This money will go to help communities turn neighborhood eyesores into community assets,” Whitman said in a ceremony here.

“Brownfields restoration is a win-win for everyone, from the children who have new places to play when a brownfield is turned into a ballfield, to the parents who have new jobs when a brownfield becomes the site of a new office building or a retail store,” she adds.

The grants are awarded under EPA’s Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund program to capitalize state and local programs that in turn provide no-interest or low-interest loans to businesses to carry out cleanup activities at brownfields properties. Local governments awarded grants, in addition to Oakland County, include Monroe, MI and Taylor, MI.

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