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2/2/2010

Brownfields Grant to Provide Momentum for 11 Projects Statewide

Eleven West Virginia communities, from Weirton in the northern panhandle to the Upper Guyandotte in the southern coalfields, will be creating plans to redevelop dilapidated industrial sites thanks to winning $5,000 grants each from the 2010 FOCUS WV Brownfields program.

"The FOCUS WV program allows the West Virginia Brownfields Assistance Centers at West Virginia University and Marshall University to provide financial and technical assistance to the selected communities to create redevelopment visions for some of their biggest eyesores," said Sera Zegre, FOCUS WV program manager at WVU. Funding for the Foundation for Overcoming Challenges and Utilizing Strengths (FOCUS) program is being provided by the Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation through the West Virginia University Foundation.

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West Virginia Senate Bill 603 authorized the creation of the north and south brownfield assistance centers. The centers are charged with assisting communities in identifying opportunities for the restoration of abandoned or underutilized properties.