YSU receives fed money for asbestos remediation

January 4, 2011 at 1:00p.m.

YOUNGSTOWN — Youngstown State University will receive $200,000 in federal stimulus money to remediate asbestos in a West Rayen Avenue building.

The Brownfield Revolving Loan Fund grant was approved for YSU’s Garfield Building. Toledo’s Madison Building and Midtown Cleveland Inc.’s Agora Theater each also received $200,000 for asbestos remediation.

“The removal of this asbestos in this particular facility is in anticipation of future redevelopment of the building for research labs and those sort of facilities and potential classrooms for the STEM [Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics] College,” said Ron Cole, YSU spokesman.

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