4 Northland communities awarded contamination clean up grants
DULUTH, Minn. — 8 Minnesotan communities have been awarded grants for contamination clean-up.
The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development announced over 1.6 million in grant money to tackle contaminated sites.
The grants will support the investigation and clean up of over 184 acres of contaminated land.
Many of the individual projects will support the creation of jobs and housing.
Duluth will receive nearly $450,00 to go towards cleaning up a site contaminated with toxins like lead and arsenic.
That site will then be redeveloped into the True North Goodwill Resource and Training Center.
Floodwood received $50,000 to clean up agricultural cropland to redevelop into housing units.
Two Harbors also received $50,000 to investigate the former J&J castings foundry site, to be redeveloped into a Hotel with restaurants and an event space.
Virginia received more than $100,000 to clean up a site contaminated with petroleum and more, to expand on the Pohaki Lumberyard business and warehouse.
The other projects included in the grants are:
City of Mankato – Mankato Supportive Housing
City of St. Paul – The Beasley
South St. Paul Economic Development Agency (EDA) – Wakota Crossing
City of Wabasha – Alleghany Apartments
The full description of the projects as well as the press release can be found here.
