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 ...
Read MoreEPA 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 ...
Read MoreGlass 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 ...
Read MoreRFQ 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 ...
Read MorePreserving 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 ...
Read MoreNudging 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 ...
Read MoreStadium Property Being Readied
WEIRTON – The earth was moving at the site of the former Jimmy Carey Stadium this week, as preparations are under way for a possible new tenant at the ...
Read MoreFairmont Community Partners Continue City’s Revitalization Efforts by Opening New Studio
The city of Fairmont and its partners have a new headquarters for their revitalization efforts. The city held a ribbon cutting at a new studio for the “Your Neighborhood, ...
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