[CPEO-BIF] Clean Ohio Assistance Funds available

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

News Room
Ohio Department of Development

Fisher Announces Availability of Clean Ohio Assistance Funds

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 12, 2008

Columbus, OH -- Lieutenant Governor Fisher today announced that Clean 
Ohio Assistance Fund grant applications will be accepted through the 
Ohio Department of Development's Urban Development Division beginning 
July 1. Approximately $11.4 million is available this funding cycle for 
the Clean Ohio Assistance Fund for brownfield redevelopment in Priority 
Investment Areas.

"This funding will help revitalize Ohio's urban areas to bring new 
capital and vitality back into our local economies," said Lt. Governor 
Fisher, who also serves as Director of the Ohio Department of 
Development. "Investing in our communities leads to future economic 
success and the creation of good jobs for Ohio workers, and I strongly 
encourage communities to apply."

The Clean Ohio Assistance Fund is an open cycle program that provides 
grant dollars for Phase II Environmental Assessment and Brownfield 
Cleanup/Public Health Projects. To date, 109 Clean Ohio Assistance Fund 
projects have been awarded totaling $39.1 million. Of the 109 projects, 
34 were for cleanup projects which leveraged more than $400 million and 
are expected to create more than 4,000 jobs. Awards will be made by the 
Director of the Ohio Department of Development.

The applications will be evaluated on criteria including economic 
benefit, environmental improvement, appropriateness and reasonableness 
of the proposed project, the financial condition of the community, and 
the project's readiness.

In 2000, Ohio voters approved the Clean Ohio Fund providing $200 million 
for brownfield redevelopment activities and $200 million for the 
preservation of green space. For more information on the Clean Ohio 
Assistance Fund or to access the grant applications, please visit 
www.development.ohio.gov/ud/coaf.htm.

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For the original release, go to
http://www.odod.state.oh.us/newsroom/releases/1896.asp

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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