Last Friday, I attended the Clean Ohio Council meeting with my client Miceli Dairy Products, Inc. (Miceli Dairy). I had worked with Miceli Dairy over the last couple years on evaluating five parcels of property adjacent to their current facility on which the Dairy would like to expand its operations.
The Dairy submitted an application
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Rumors abound that the Kasich Administration is seriously considering totally overhauling the Clean Ohio brownfield grant program. Multiple sources have indicated that the Administration is discussing internally making the next round of Clean Ohio the last for the program in its current form.
During the transportation engineers conference in Columbus, Governor Kasich made remarks that
One of Governor Kasich’s top priorities is to restructure the Ohio Department of Development shifting some of its core functions to the private sector. The General Assembly passed the JohsOhio Bill which launched an evaluation of the current Department.
The bill allowed for the creation of a non-profit corporation which would assume some of the
As of July 1st, the Clean Ohio Assistance Fund (COAF) has been injected with new funding. Below is the update recently sent out by the Ohio Department of Development.
I have heard that the 25% set aside for clean up projects has already been accounted for fifteen days into July. Obviously, there must have been projects
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The State has announced the latest modifications to the Clean Ohio Assistance Fund (COAF) policies which provides up to $300,000 for Phase II environmental assessments and up to $750,000 for brownfield clean up. The State released its COAF policy update last month.
Unlike the Clean Ohio Revitalization Fund (CORF), COAF grants are given out on a rolling basis
In 2000, Ohio originally voted to approve the Clean Ohio Fund as a $400 million dollar bond program. In 2008, the Clean Ohio Fund was reauthorized through a ballot initiative known as Issue 2. The ballot initiative was overwhelmingly approved in all 88 counties which extended the Fund with another $400 million dollars.
Clean Ohio is probably the most
The Clean Ohio program has released a new interactive tool called the"Project Location and Information Map" which provides an interesting overview of brownfield and greenfield projects that have received grant funding under the program.
You can search by type of grant funds for all projects across Ohio. You can also search by specific county and see all
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The Governor’s top legislative priority is the privatization of the State’s economic development functions. House Bill 1, known as "JobsOhio", has been introduced and a vote in the Senate may come yet this week.
The Ohio Department of Development (ODOD) plays a critical role in the administration of the Clean Ohio program which provides millions in
Ohio has one of the best state brownfield grant programs in the country. There are two pots of money available at the state level:
Recently, Ohio EPA released its newsletter directed toward those interested in brownfield redevelopment (SABR News). The July 2010 newsletter included some important recent developments at the federal and state level.
Federal Brownfields Legislation
The Federal Brownfield Re-authorization Bill was introduced in May 2010. If the bill passes it could include some important reforms to