(COLUMBUS, Ohio) (11-4-24) — Ohio Governor Mike DeWine, Lt. Governor Jon Husted, and Ohio Department of Development Director Lydia Mihalik today announced more than $55 million in continued support for brownfield remediation and building demolition projects across the state.

The Department of Development is awarding the funding through the Ohio Brownfield Remediation Program and Building Demolition and Site Revitalization Program. Both grant programs were developed by the DeWine-Husted Administration in partnership with the Ohio General Assembly to create room for new economic opportunities in areas that currently cannot be developed due to contamination or the presence of vacant, dilapidated structures. 

Today’s announcement represents the seventh round of funding for both programs, and the final demolition awards for this biennium.

The new Ohio Brownfield Remediation grants announced today total $22.7 million to clean up and redevelop 27 hazardous brownfield sites in 19 counties, including $2.4 million in funding to redevelop a longtime manufacturing site in Fulton County into a mixed-use development with commercial and residential spaces.

Since the launch of the Ohio Brownfield Remediation Program in 2021, Development has awarded more than $510 million to support 489 projects in 85 counties.

The new Ohio Demolition and Site Revitalization grants announced today total $33.2 million to demolish 1,091 vacant, dilapidated buildings in 65 counties. Projects include the razing of the long-vacant former Dillard’s department store at Midway Mall in Elyria and a series of demolitions along East Sixth, West Fifth, and River Street in Franklin that will play a role in revitalizing its historic downtown.

As part of the Demolition and Site Revitalization Program, $500,000 was set-aside for all of Ohio’s 88 counties and the program’s remaining funds were awarded on a first-come, first-served basis. Sixty-one of the awards announced today represent the total amount requested by each county up to its $500,000 set-aside and are pending final eligibility determination.

MERCER COUNTY
Total award: $480,000 for 16 sites

  • 121 East Wayne Street Celina Ohio 45822
  • 319 East Wayne Street Celina Ohio 45822
  • 5340 Lake Drive Celina Ohio 45822
  • 716 Echo Street Celina Ohio 45822
  • 7353 State Route 219 Celina Ohio 45822
  • 819 West South Street Celina Ohio 45822
  • 143 West Franklin Street Chickasaw Ohio 45826
  • 7837 State Route 274 Chickasaw Ohio 45826
  • 119 East Main Street Coldwater Ohio 45828
  • 123 East Walnut Street Coldwater Ohio 45828
  • 5004 State Route 219 Coldwater Ohio 45828
  • 5087 State Route 118 Coldwater Ohio 45828
  • 6926 State Route 119 Maria Stein Ohio 45860
  • 7825 State Route 274 Maria Stein Ohio 45860
  • 111 North Main Street Mendon Ohio 45862
  • 7 East Main Street Montezuma Ohio 45866

AUGLAIZE COUNTY
Total award: $500,000 for 2 sites

  • 100 Wapak Street Wapakoneta Ohio 45895
  • 601 Logan Street Wapakoneta Ohio 45895

SHELBY COUNTY
Total award: $436,000 for 9 sites

  • 6626 State Route 66 Ft. Loramie Ohio 45845
  • 5851 State Route 47 Houston Ohio 45333
  • 598 Cross Street (in Shelby
  • County in Lockington)
  • Piqua Ohio 45356
  • 629 North Miami Avenue Sidney Ohio 45365
  • 655 South Ohio Avenue Sidney Ohio 45365
  • 736 Linden Avenue Sidney Ohio 45365
  • 619 North Miami Avenue Sidney Ohio 45365
  • 406 North Oak Street Sidney Ohio 4536

VAN WERT COUNTY
Total award: $500,000 for 5 sites

  • 19404 Bellis Road Middle Point Ohio 45863
  • 122 South Main Street Ohio City Ohio 45874
  • 12396 Blaine Street Scott Ohio 45886
  • 8218 Dutch John Road Van Wert Ohio 45891
  • 205 Sprague Street Willshire Ohio 45898

DARKE COUNTY
Total award: $500,000 for 16 sites

  • 101 North Main Street Ansonia Ohio 45303
  • 3687 Red River West Grove Road Arcanum Ohio 45304
  • 7689 Etter Road Bradford Ohio 45308
  • 7818 Spidel Road Bradford Ohio 45308
  • 118 West FiȦh Street Greenville Ohio 45331
  • 3337 Stingley Road Greenville Ohio 45331
  • 7396 State Route 118 Greenville Ohio 45331
  • 6432 Childrens-Home Bradford
  • Road
  • Greenville Ohio 45331
  • 202 13th Street Greenville Ohio 45331
  • 2116 Greenville-Nashville Road Greenville Ohio 45331
  • 1444 Red River West Grove Road Laura Ohio 45337
  • 2116 State Route 121 New Madison Ohio 45346
  • 604 West Main Steet New Weston Ohio 45348
  • 608 West Main Street New Weston Ohio 45348
  • 200 Grand Avenue Versailles Ohio 45380
  • 619 Washington Street Versailles Ohio 45380

ALLEN COUNTY
Total award: $500,000 for 6 sites

  • 280 West College Avenue Bluȧon Ohio 45817
  • 2955 Johnston Road Harrod Ohio 45850
  • 6300 McPheron Road Lima Ohio 45804
  • 104 East Kiracofe Avenue Lima Ohio 45807
  • 1085 South Conant Road Spencerville Ohio 45887
  • 6651 Bellefontaine Road West Minster Ohio 45850

Allen County Land Reutilization Corporation (Allen County)
Project Name: Former TB Hospital
$1,585,000
Cleanup/Remediation
The project will involve asbestos abatement and demolition of a partially demolished hospital that closed in 1970. The structure poses significant safety risks due to exposure and frequent trespassing.

Allen County Land Reutilization Corporation (Allen County)
Project Name: Former Macy’s Building
$1,375,996
Cleanup/Remediation
The project will abate asbestos and demolish the former Macy’s Building, vacant since the local mall’s decline. The demolition will allow for the construction of a new anchor store, creating approximately 200 jobs.

Since the launch of the Ohio Demolition and Site Revitalization Program in 2021, more than $303 million in grants have been awarded to support more than 6,000 demolition projects in every county in the state.

Both programs are part of Governor Mike DeWine’s Ohio BUILDS Initiative, which focuses on supporting targeted solutions that impact quality of life, such as water infrastructure improvements, broadband expansion, brownfield redevelopment, and the demolition of blighted buildings.