Your Source For Brownfields Redevelopment
Welcome to West Virginia Brownfields
This site was created in an effort to encourage, promote, and publicize the
development of brownfields into viable real estate.
What is a Brownfield?
Brownfields are real properties, the expansion, redevelopment, or reuse of
which may be complicated by the presence or potential presence of a
hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant.
Focus WV Brownfields Program Profile Video
Announcements
Brownfields Grant to Provide Momentum for 11 Projects Statewide
From Weirton in the northern panhandle to the Upper Guyandotte in the southern coalfields, eleven projects
throughout the state have received $5,000 grants through the 2010 FOCUS WV Brownfields program. These
grants will help communities address barriers to redevelopment at local brownfield sites.
The Foundation for Overcoming Challenges and Utilizing Strengths (FOCUS) West Virginia Brownfields
program funds were awarded by the West Virginia Brownfields Assistance Centers through funding from the
Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation. Administered through a unique partnership between West
Virginia and Marshall Universities, the program provides financial and technical assistance enabling
communities to create a redevelopment vision for brownfield properties of strategic community interest.
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Funding Opportunities
CARE Grant
Applications for the CARE grants are due March 9, 2010. EPA will conduct three Webcasts to answer questions from prospective applicants about the application process on Feb. 2, 23, and 26 from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
More information about the grants: http://www.epa.gov/care/
Request for Proposal (RFP)
Preston County Economic Development Authority. Download here.