This is from a few days ago.
The BRA submitted a request to MDEQ for $1 Million to support environmental work at the Roosevelt Park development site. They must have had some back and forth communication with MDEQ, because it sounds pretty likely that the city can only expect $162,000 of the $1 million requested. There are a lot of requests going to MDEQ these days for financial assistance with brownfield redevelopments. Still, the grant will be helpful funding for environmental site work, even if it is only a fraction of what was requested.
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Brownfield Authority approves MDEQ funding request for Plaza Roosevelt
City of Grand Rapids Media Release
May 16, 2018
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. -- The City of Grand Rapids’ Brownfield Redevelopment Authority (BRA) this morning approved submission of a grant application to the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ). The grant will help pay for the costs of environmental activities at the Plaza Roosevelt project site in the Roosevelt Park neighborhood on the city’s Southwest Side...
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