Successful Brownfield Remediation Projects from Around Ohio
When a sustained, flexible statewide funding program for brownfield redevelopment is available, communities across the state experience economic development that can lead to jobs, increased tax revenue, business development, and new housing. To understand the economic impacts that economic development has when a statewide brownfield program exists, check out the in-depth case studies from across Ohio. These projects (below) saw public and private partnerships to enhance communities across the state.
Brownfield Remediation Fund 2021-2022 Case Studies
In April 2022, the Ohio Department of Development published the first batch of awards for grants awarded from the Brownfield Revitalization Fund (BRF). A second batch of awards was announced in June 2022. All grants awarded were for applications received during the first application window which opened on December 13, 2021 and closed January 31, 2022.
As of October 12, 2022, 74 assessment grants and 116 clean up grants have been awarded. A total of $252 million grants have been issued. We are awaiting the announcement of the second and third application rounds, which will include the final $98 million in clean up and assessment grants that have not yet been awarded.
Greater Ohio Policy Center has reviewed the 190 grants that have been awarded so far, and is excited by the variety of sites that will be remediated and range of anticipated uses. We have created short profiles of several sites to demonstrate the plethora of uses brownfields can have when remediated.
We will release more site profiles over the next year here on our Ohio Brownfields website. Let us know if you are excited about an important site in your community!
Brownfield Remediation Fund Grants
Below is a breakdown of the grants which have been awarded to date. Broken down into two batches, these grants were the result of applications from the first round of the Brownfield Remediation Fund which closed on January 31, 2022. Grants are broken down into two types, Assessment Grants and Clean Up Grants. Click on the dots to learn more about each grant. You can also select the second tap to learn more about the projects Greater Ohio has selected for case studies.
The Clean Ohio Revitalization Fund
The Brownfield Remediation Fund is not Ohio’s first program dedicated to the clean up and redevelopment of brownfield sites in Ohio. From 2002-2013, the Clean Ohio Revitalization Fund (CORF) provided nearly $400 million towards in grants for the remediation of brownfields across Ohio. Click below to learn more about the history and successes of the CORF program.