Office of Environment & Sustainability

The Ohio DoD refunded the Brownfield Remediation Program in 2023.  Funding includes $175 million in allocations for both FY24 and FY25 (total $350 million).  The application portal opened on December 5, 2023 and closed on April 1, 2024.  This round, applications for Hamilton County must be submitted through the Greater Cincinnati Port Authority. 

To learn more about the program, visit the Ohio Department of Development Brownfield Remediation Program website.

Ohio Department of Development (Ohio DoD): This program opened for applications in 2022 and was designed to provide grants for the environmental assessment and remediation of brownfield sites across Ohio to clean up the sites and prepare them for future economic development. A total of $350 million was provided for funding through the program. Grant awards were announced on April 26, 2022, June 17, 2022, and December 16, 2022 totaling nearly $350 million to fund 313 projects in 83 counties. Hamilton County was awarded $25,032,757 with $15,996,493 awarded to ten projects within the City of Cincinnati. 
The full list of grant awards made to the Port Authority within the City of Cincinnati are listed below:

• Shillito's West (asbestos abatement) - Awarded $900,000
• 4701 Whetsel Avenue (former dry cleaner) - Awarded $1,000,000
• Lunkenheimer Building (former valve manufacturing) - Awarded $1,721,250
• Crosley Building (former radio manufacturing) - Awarded $2,443,861
• Reliable Castings Building at 3401 Colerain Avenue (former castings, machining, and fabrication facility) - Awarded $1,396,152
• Area-Wide Urban Setting Designation under VAP - Awarded $135,000
• Carew Tower (asbestos abatement) - Awarded $6,439,500
• City Club Apartments Union Central (asbestos abatement) - Awarded $1,917,945
• Former Reliable Castings Redevelopment (former foundry) - Awarded $42,785
• Mad Tree Coal Boiler (abatement of former coal boiler and silos) - Awarded $150,000