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City staff outlines Southworks cleanup funding, municipal investment fund and CCA plans

Ithaca City Sustainability Commission · January 13, 2026
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Summary

A public commenter asked about Southworks funding; staff confirmed roughly $38 million in grant support, described a hydrogen-solar project and explained the Municipal Investment Fund predevelopment application and community choice aggregation outreach plans.

A member of the public asked the Ithaca City Sustainability Commission for an update on the Southworks redevelopment and related city programs, prompting staff to confirm recent grant funding and to outline concurrent financing and community-energy initiatives.

Public commenter Quinn said they had read that "the Southworks project has received about $40,000,000 in funding" for asbestos cleanup and environmental work. Staff responded that the Southworks project had received approximately $38,000,000 in grant funding…

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