Rep. Sweeney Announces an Additional $17.9M in Brownfield Remediation Awards for Cuyahoga County
COLUMBUS — State Rep. Bride Rose Sweeney (D-Westlake) today announced that Cuyahoga County has been awarded an additional $17.9M in funding through the Brownfield Remediation Program administered by the Ohio Department of Development. Brownfield funding helps clean up and redevelop hazardous brownfield sites, creating new economic and employment opportunities. As ranking member of the Ohio House Finance Committee, Rep. Sweeney helped secure $350M for the Ohio Brownfield Remediation Program in last year’s biennial state operating budget.
“Brownfields represent untapped opportunity in Northeast Ohio–toxic, abandoned buildings or dumping sites that could be otherwise used for housing, commercial activity, or greenspace,” said Rep. Sweeney. “Investing in the remediation of these sites in Cuyahoga County, where space is already at a premium, is not only good for the health & safety of our local neighborhoods, but it also allows Northeast Ohio to fully utilize our unique economic advantage–turning urban blight into future economic opportunity.”
$17.9M has been awarded to the Cuyahoga County Land Reutilization Corporation for eight projects in Cuyahoga County in the most recent round of funding (Round 10):
- Canal Road Redevelopment (Cleveland) - $2,500,000
- Ashland: East Side Trail and Innovation Hub (Cleveland) - $2,500,000
- Project Scarlet (Cleveland) - $2,499,999
- PDC: East Side Trail and Innovation Hub (Cleveland) - $2,499,985
- Bedford Community Hospital Campus (Bedford) - $2,498,121
- Cuyahoga Riverfront Restoration (Cleveland) - $2,215,335
- 3300 Mayfield Site Restoration (Cleveland Heights) - $2,023,660
- Silver Oaks Remediation Plan (Oakwood) - $1,191,750
Funding for another 11 projects in Cuyahoga County had been previously announced last November (Round 9), including:
- The Centennial (Cleveland) - $10,000,000
- Rockefeller Building (Cleveland) - $7,325,218
- Rhodes Tower Redevelopment II (Cleveland) - $6,634,890
- Erieview Tower (Cleveland) - $5,137,448
- Nicky Boulevard Landfill Redevelopment (Cuyahoga Heights) - $4,211,880
- Chagrin Highlands Business Park (Highland Hills) - $1,792,027
- Alcazar Hotel (Cleveland Heights) - $1,085,069
- 850 E 72nd (Cleveland) - $810,837
- 8514 Carnegie (Cleveland) - $582,423
- Brookview Elementary (Cleveland) - $533,642
- New Bridge Professional Center (Cleveland) - $400,012
Since the re-establishment of the Brownfield Remediation Program by the Ohio General Assembly in 2021, the state has awarded more than$716.9M to support 681 projects in 86 counties. Funds awarded will help assess and clean up industrial, commercial, and institutional brownfield sites that have been abandoned, idled, or underutilized due to a known or potential release of hazardous substances or petroleum.