EPA Brownfields grants support new jobs, property assessments in Huntington and 4 southern W.Va. Counties

HUNTINGTON, W. VA. (July 7, 2015) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced $592,300 in brownfields grants that will provide job training and environmental property assessments in Huntington ...

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Martinsburg nets $400K to assess blighted properties

MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — The city of Martinsburg will receive $400,000 from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to assess blighted properties in the city, the EPA said Thursday. The city ...

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Business Development Corporation of the Northern Panhandle awarded $600,000 for brownfield projects

The Business Development Corporation of the Northern Panhandle has been awarded three brownfield site specific hazardous cleanup grants totaling $600,000. BDC Executive Director Pat Ford said the funds were ...

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Brownfields Assistance Center at Marshall University Collaborates with Coalfield Development Corp. on ‘Reclaim Appalachia’ Initiative

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Marshall University’s Center for Environmental, Geotechnical and Applied Sciences (CEGAS) and the West Virginia Brownfields Assistance Center at Marshall, a state-mandated program of CEGAS, have partnered ...

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EPA Announces $54.3 Million to Assess and Clean Up Contaminated Sites, Revitalize Communities, Leverage Jobs, and Promote Economic Redevelopment Nationwide

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today the selection of 243 new grant investments totaling $54.3 million to 147 communities across the U.S. This investment will ...

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In WV Coalfields, Dilapidated sites make way for renewal

WILLIAMSON, WV (AP) – Inside a 1920s-era warehouse in the heart of a once-bustling coalfields hub in Williamson, WV, Brandon Blankenship saws through 8-foot boards pulled up from the ...

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Glass Pickers Gather to Finish Wellsburg, WV, Factory Mural

You didn’t have to be a master artist to pick up a paint brush at the first-ever Brooke Glass Pickers event April 25 in Wellsburg. Organizers encouraged anyone who ...

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RFQ Released for Firm to Conduct Environmental Assessments

[printfriendly] West Virginia Brownfields Assistance Center at Marshall University and Marshall University’s Center for Environmental, Geotechnical and Applied Sciences On behalf of WVDEP Division of Land Restoration HUNTINGTON, WV ...

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Preserving Brooke Glass’ History

BROOKE COUNTY, W. Va. — The former Brooke Glass Factory in Wellsburg has been idle for some time now. The business development corporation has been working to use that ...

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Nudging the Immovable Object: Huntington Has Momentum on Brownfield Sites

HUNTINGTON – They may be viewed by some as baby steps. But to slay a dragon the size of the four brownfield sites that take up 78 acres in ...

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