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FOCUS West Virginia Brownfields Program

Foundation for Overcoming Challenges and Utilizing Strengths

The FOCUS West Virginia Brownfields Program provides up to $5,000 plus site redevelopment support to spur the completion of community-based brownfields projects throughout West Virginia.

2012 FOCUS Grantees

Project Name

Grantee

Project Goals

County

Contact
Rural Blight to
Recreational Complex		 Morgan County Commission Community education
Site assessment
Revitalization planning		 Morgan Jody McClintock
Wardensville Cafeteria Town of Wardensville Community visioning
Business planning
Revitalization planning		 Hardy John Sayers
Upshur County Youth
Camp		 Upshur County
Commission		 Site assessment
Revitalization planning		 Upshur William Parker
Brooke Glass Brooke-Hancock
RPDC		 Community engagement
Reuse visioning
Revitalization planning		 Brooke John Brown
Staats Hospital
Revitalization		 Charleston West
Side Main Street		 Site assessment
Site visioning
Revitalization planning		 Kanawha Patricia McGill
Kern Valley Railroad
Maintenance Facility		 Friends of the
Cheat, Inc.		 Public needs assessment
Community visioning
Revitalization planning		 Preston Amanda Pitzer
Thomas Riverfront Park City of Thomas Site assessment
Capacity building
Revitalization planning		 Tucker Matt Quattro
Highlander Village Inn Woodlands
Development
Group		 Site assessment
Reuse visioning
Revitalization planning		 Tucker Dave Clark

 

Site specific assistance for local government entities and non profit organizations with underutilized or abandoned sites with real or perceived environmental barriers to redevelopment

  • $5,000 grant for Stage I: Site Analysis & Revitalization Planning
  • technical support
  • opportunity for additional $12,000 for Stage II: Site Design & Marketing Implementation

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Site specific assistance for local government entities and non profit organizations with underutilized or abandoned sites with real or perceived environmental barriers to redevelopment

- $5,000 grant for Stage I: Site Analysis & Revitalization Planning

- technical support

- opportunity for additional $12,000 for Stage II: Site Design & Marketing Implementation

Press Release January 21, 2010
Brownfields Grants to provide momentum for Seven projects statewide

Press Release February 2, 2010
2010 FOCUS WV Brownfields Program

Press Release November 3, 2009
Brownfields Assistance Program goes Statewide

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