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Washington County committee approves county match for West Bend Prafke brownfield assessments and funds reuse planning
Summary
The Washington County Executive Committee approved county matching funds for a $150,000 site assessment grant and separate reuse-planning funding for the Prafke brownfield in West Bend and heard that the county’s Site Redevelopment Committee preliminarily recommended up to $580,000 in U.S. EPA Revolving Loan Fund support for remediation.
The Washington County Executive Committee approved county funding to support environmental assessment and reuse planning for the Prafke brownfield site in West Bend and reviewed a broader remediation roadmap that could lead to a U.S. EPA Revolving Loan Fund loan for cleanup work.
The committee voted to provide a $40,000 match toward a proposed $150,000 Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) site assessment grant for the Prafke site; the city of West Bend will contribute $10,000 as part of the match. The committee also approved $38,000 from the county’s site redevelopment program toward a $47,500 reuse-planning contract, with the city committing a $9,500 match.
Why it matters: the Prafke site sits adjacent to residential neighborhoods and the local trail and has a documented history of hazardous-material storage and partial cleanup. Committee members and staff said getting assessment and reuse plans in place will strengthen future loan or grant applications and…
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