The VBAF provides either grants or loans to local governments to restore and redevelop brownfield sites and address environmental problems or obstacles to their reuse in an effort to effectively attract new economic development prospects.īrownfields are properties in which redevelopment or reuse is complicated by the presence of hazardous materials, pollution or contaminants.Īdministered by the Virginia Resources Authority, the VBAF is a partnership between the Virginia Economic Development Partnership and the Department of Environmental Quality. The Accomack-Northampton Transportation District Commission received $280,750 the Town of Chase City received $232,002 and Gloucester County received $150,000. The total awarded was just over $1 million. The $341,586 award is for the Highland Inn property and was the largest grant in this cycle. Highland County is one of four recipients of a site remediation grant from the Virginia Brownfields Restoration and Economic Redevelopment Assist Fund.
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