Lucas County commissioners approved a $500,000 economic development grant to the Lucas County Land Bank to serve as local match for a state brownfield remediation award. Matt Heierman introduced the item and David Mann of the land bank described the award as the result of multi-year work to prepare the site and secure competitive funding.

Mann said the $500,000 local grant will leverage a roughly $2.1 million remediation grant from the Ohio Department of Development; he and county staff added that the region has secured about $17 million in competitive state awards for related projects in the past two years. Commissioners praised the long-term effort to stabilize and remediate the site and moved approval by roll call.

The grant will support brownfield remediation work intended to improve the Englewood neighborhood and make sites developable for future uses; county staff said additional project details and next steps will be provided as remediation commences.