Today, EPA Administrator-designate Lisa P. Jackson distributed a memo to all employees of EPA. The memo outlines her and President Obama’s philosophy of environmental protection. The memo is an interesting demarcation of the major changes that are coming in the realm of environmental protection.
Some priorities Ms. Jackson is very upfront about, such as
After reauthorization of the Clean Ohio program this November by Ohio Voters, the State has announced their intention to maintain two grant funding rounds per year going forward. Hopefully this will allow the program to operate more consisentely. In the past, project developers were often forced to try and rush projects because future funding rounds were
To quote a consultant I work with…"Times must be tough in Ohio when there is free money left on the table" for redevelopment.
Today, the Clean Ohio Council met to evaluate the project proposals for Round 5 of the Clean Ohio Revitalization Fund. There was $17 million in grant funding available. In the previous 4