Green Bay officials tout EPA-backed plan to revitalize riverfront brownfields

Sep 7, 2026

City staff described years of brownfields remediation along the Fox River, citing federal funding and partnerships with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and announcing a newly awarded $500,000 EPA assessment grant to support cleanup at several industrial parcels.

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City of Green Bay agency officials described ongoing efforts to clean and redevelop brownfield sites along the Fox River, saying federal funds and EPA partnership have enabled major conversions of former industrial land into community assets. An agency official said the city has leveraged "millions in federal assessment grants, cleanup grants, and revolving loan funds" to underwrite assessments and remediation work.

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