ASHLAND — Nearly $1 million is coming to Ashland County in the form of Brownfield Remediation grant money, a press release issued by the Governor’s office announced Tuesday.
The money, $999,986, will cover costs associated with two projects.
The projects in Ashland are two of 61 around the state this round of funding will support, Gov. Mike DeWine said. Roughly $58.2 million will “help clean up and redevelop 61 hazardous brownfield sites in 33 counties,” he said.
So far, the state’s Brownfield Remediation Program has doled out more than $560 million that went to 550 projects in 86 counties.
Ashland received $1 million back in September, which will apply to the demolition of 12 vacant or blighted properties.
Pump House District
One grant will cover the clean up and remediation of sites planned for redevelopment in what has been called downtown Ashland’s Pump House District.
The grant, $883,000, will lead to further cleanup where crews found contaminated soil. It’s slated to cover the removal of former foundations and debris related to the F.E. Myers site.
Officials have said the Pump House District, when finished, will feature 192 apartments, a clubhouse and an “urban meadow” park.
Nankin Gas Station
Another $116,986 will go toward cleaning up an old gas station in Nankin, an unincorporated community in Orange Township.
The state’s press release of this money stated “the site will be prepared for future commercial redevelopment once cleanup is completed.”
All of the Brownfield Remediation grant money will be administered by Grow Ashland, or Ashland Area Economic Development Inc. $1