GENEVA —
Wicked contaminants linger in the soil and water of the True Temper site off Depot Road, but the question remains: How contaminated is it?
Geneva has received a $224,372 Clean Ohio Assistance Fund Grant to conduct the second phase of an environmental study that City Manager Jim Pearson hopes will kick start industrial development in that area of the city.
Using the state’s grant money, Geneva City Council has hired GT Environmental Inc. to conduct soil and water table investigations on the property.
“We have utilized GTE on the last two Clean Ohio Assistance Fund grants and are pleased with their services,” Pearson said.
Administered by the Ohio Office of Redevelopment, the Clean Ohio Assistance Fund supports brownfield redevelopment in urban areas. This grant cycle included money for just Geneva and Alliance, which received $249,140 to conduct an environmental assessment on the former Volcanic Heater Inc. property. Redevelopment of the land could bring 10 jobs to Alliance.
In Geneva, the Pleasant Avenue property’s environmental suitability and need for remediation, the OOR reports, and will include 90 soil borings, eight shallow groundwater monitoring wells and one deep groundwater monitoring well. The assessment also will include a geophysical survey, asbestos survey, data evaluation and reporting.
OOR reports that Geneva hopes to use the remediated property as a “transportation hub and mixed-use commercial development.”
“These projects are the first step in revitalizing two pieces of land that otherwise may have gone untouched and unused,” Ohio Department of Development director Christiane Schmenk said in a statement. “These investments provide valuable sites where production and job creation can occur in Ohio communities.”
So far, there are 225 Clean Ohio Assistance Fund projects totaling more than $77.3 million. Of the 225 projects, 63 were for cleanup projects, which leveraged more than $1 billion and are expected to create and retain more than 5,800 jobs, the OOR reports.
Pearson said the environmental remediation of the two Geneva properties could bring new purpose to the blighted land.
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