Study: Clean Ohio Revitalization Fund's returns on investments prove strong
"Investing in Brownfields: The Economic Benefits of the Clean Ohio Revitalization Fund," a study released recently by the Greater Ohio Policy Center, found that 21 Clean Ohio Revitalization Fund projects that received $49.3 million in grants "produced $1.16 billion in one-time contributions to Ohio's gross domestic product and $1.4 billion in annual contributions," Columbus Business First reports. Clean Ohio has given $315 million in grants to "support the cleanup of 160 brownfield sites since 2002," but "time and resource constraints" forced the Greater Ohio Policy Center to utilize a representative sample of only 21 projects instead of analyzing all of them, the article said. For more, read the full story and the full report.
