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Radford wins $3.5 million state grant to clean up West Radford brownfield

Radford City Council · August 12, 2024
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Summary

Radford announced a $3,500,000 state Business Ready Sites grant to remove contaminants and prepare the West Radford Commerce Park for private investment, a major step city leaders say will unlock jobs and private redevelopment on the former Lynchburg foundry site.

Radford announced that the city and its Economic Development Authority secured a $3,500,000 Business Ready Sites grant from the state to remediate a brownfield and prepare the West Radford Commerce Park for business development. Mayor David Horton thanked staff and the EDA for the effort and singled out Kim Repass and EDA chair Abram Williams for their roles in shepherding the application and award.

"This last week... our new West Radford Commerce…

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