Last week, the Clean Ohio Council announced that it has “streamlined its brownfield incentive programs” in an effort to provide funding “quicker to encourage redevelopment of sites with environmental issues,” Columbus Business First reports. The new streamlined program, co-managed by JobsOhio, the Ohio Development Services Agency and the Clean Ohio Council, will “operate on rolling cycles” rather than competitive funding rounds used since the inception of the Clean Ohio Revitalization Fund and Clean Ohio Assistance Fund programs. Projects seeking funding through JobsOhio and its regional network partners can qualify for grants up to $200,000 for testing, down from $750,000, “while grants for actual cleanup remains capped at $3 million,” the article said. For more, read the full story.
Clean Ohio streamlines approval process for brownfield project
