(AGENPARL) – lun 05 giugno 2023 Issued: Jun 5, 2023 (10:05am EDT)
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EPA Announces $500,000 of Brownfields Funding to Revitalize Sites in Brooke
and Hancock County, West Virginia
PHILADELPHIA (June 5, 2023) – Communities in Brooke and Hancock County, West
Virginia will benefit from a $500,000 Brownfields assessment grant to the
Business Development Corporation of the Northern Panhandle (BDC).  The grant
funds will be used to assess former industrial properties for redevelopment
and revitalization projects.
EPA Mid-Atlantic Regional Administrator Adam Ortiz joined a contingent of
public and business officials today for a ribbon-cutting at the new Pure
Watercraft electric pontoon boat production facility at the Beech Bottom
Industrial Park in Beech Bottom, West Virginia, where Brownfields funding was
used as a catalyst for leveraged funds. Working with the BDC, EPA Brownfields
funding was essential in remediating the site into what is now the Beech
Bottom Industrial Park.  The new facility will employ 100 workers which will
contribute to the revitalization of the area.
“I’ve been to West Virginia more than a dozen times in the past two years
and have seen firsthand how Brownfields funding is cleaning the land, changing
lives, and helping to jump-start local economies here,” said Ortiz. “West
Virginia has contributed so much to the foundation of this country. This area
deserves an economic resurgence, and projects like this can help build that
momentum. With your great location on the Ohio River and easy access to larger
metropolitan areas, I believe Brooke and Hancock County are creating the
foundation for considerable opportunities ahead. The Biden Administration is
making a huge investment in revitalizing communities like these in the
northern panhandle. With the talent, commitment and personal pride of the
people here on the ground, this partnership will continue to make communities
cleaner, healthier, and stronger and more economically competitive, and more
people are going to discover West Virginia is a great place to live. This is
an exciting day.”
Since 1997, EPA has awarded more than $48 million through 114 Brownfields
grants in 43 West Virginia communities. To date, this funding has leveraged an
additional $1.7 billion in public and private investment, returning 1,798
acres to readiness for reuse, and creating more than 5,400 new jobs.
For further information on the grants, brownfields news and events, and
publications and links, visit the EPA Brownfields website
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