Bad Buildings Summit Held to Discuss Vacant Buildings

WTRF 7 News Sports Weather – Wheeling Steubenville Community leaders throughout Brooke and Hancock Counties all have one thing in common: they want something done about the amount of ...

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U.S. House Subcommittee Hearing on the Reauthorization of The EPA’s Brownfields Program

Listen to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and other panel members provide testimony to the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment regarding the reauthorization ...

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City of Morgantown Holds First Bad-To-Better Buildings Meeting

Concerned residents came to the kickoff meeting for the BAD Buildings Program in Morgantown on Monday night to discuss abandoned properties in their neighborhoods. This is all part of ...

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BDC’s accomplishments will be put in spotlight

WELLSBURG, W.Va. — The Business Development Corporation’s achievements will be put in the spotlight by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in the coming months. Officials from the EPA will ...

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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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