The Livable Communities grants will go to projects in Blaine, Minneapolis, Mound, Ramsey, St. Louis Park and St. Paul. The Council has awarded more than $50 million in brownfield clean-up grants for the cleaning of hundreds of acres of polluted land, according to the Metropolitan Council.

The National Lead Site in St. Louis Park will get $800,000 to match state funds for soil remediation on the 11.6-acre former superfund site at 7003 W. Lake St., which will make way for a redevelopment plan proposes a 99,000-sf industrial building. Park Avenue Lofts in Minneapolis is getting $419,000 for soil remediation on a 5.35-acre parcel at Park Avenue between Washington Avenue South and Second Street, which could be redeveloped into a 28-unit residential condominium project.

The former St. Paul Terminal site in Ramsey receives $295,342 for clean up of a 1.5-acre former metals recycling site at 14050 Basalt St. NW, which may be used for an industrial purpose. East Street Flats and Market in Minneapolis will get $288,706 for soil remediation and asbestos abatement at First Avenue South and Franklin Avenue in Minneapolis, where a mixed-use project is planned.