The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced that Manitowoc and Milwaukee have been selected to receive grant awards totaling $1.1 million in brownfields funding through its Multipurpose, Assessment and Cleanup (MAC) Grants.

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The Environmental Protection Agency announced on Tuesday more than $66 million in grants will go to 151 places throughout the U.S> to assess and clean up contaminated or abandoned "brownfields'' — industrial and commercial properties that contain a hazardous substance, pollutant or contaminant. An estimated 450,000 brownfields, including abandoned industrial facilities, waste disposal sites and former gas stations, plague cities, towns and rural areas throughout the country.

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City officials are moving forward with plans to clean up various contaminated sites in the hopes of spurring redevelopment.

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Roughly five years after thousands of gallons of hazardous chemicals were removed from an abandoned metal-plating factory in Washington County, government officials are looking for a contractor to remove the remaining contaminated material in the hope of redeveloping the long-vacant site. On ...

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A company that buys shuttered plants and sells their assets has plans to acquire the former Oscar Mayer headquarters in Madison.

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It’s no surprise that when contaminated land is cleaned up, home values around the site tend to increase over time. But a new study of Minnesota's Twin Cities area shows that property values rebound faster and to a greater extent than many researchers had previously thought.

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As Milwaukee officials work to draw businesses back to areas abandoned by manufacturers, they are planning to apply for grants to clean up brownfield sites throughout the city.

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Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett announced a shortened timeline for the inner harbor phase of his Refresh Milwaukee Plan during his State of the City speech Monday.

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The Milwaukee Common Council unanimously backed a proposal Wednesday to designate three city-owned properties as blighted.

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A Milwaukee panel voted unanimously Tuesday to designate three city-owned properties as blighted.

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