WV Executive

Foundation for Overcoming Challenges and Utilizing Strengths

The FOCUS West Virginia Brownfields Program provides up to $5,000 plus site redevelopment support to spur the completion of community-based brownfields projects throughout West Virginia.

Do you have an underutilized or abandoned site in your community with real or perceived environmental barriers to redevelopment?

Are you a unit of local government or non profit organization?

Examples of Eligible Uses for the Grant:

• Researching property ownership and environmental concerns
• Community workshops to create a vision and facilitate site reuse
• Developing site-specific business plans
• Events to encourage private and public investment

ONLINE / CONFERENCE CALL TRAINING
December 1 & 3, 2009 at 12 noon

• Overview of FOCUS program
• Examples of projects
• Review of proposal guidelines
• General Q & A’s

RSVP to focuswv@mail.wvu.edu, or call (304) 293-2867, ext. 5447
Applications due December 18, 2009