WRPA announces use of fed funds to reclaim Girard, Warren sites

VIENNA — Officials in Warren and Girard will use funds from a $600,000 federal grant secured by the Western Reserve Port Authority-led Trumbull County Brownfield Coalition to begin the process of reclaiming land that has been an eyesore for the two communities.

John Moliterno, WRPA executive director, said today the coalition approved allocating $120,000 to Girard that will be used to perform a Phase II environmental assessment of the 26-acre site fronting U.S. Route 422 that was once occupied by the Ohio Leather Co.

Warren will receive $85,000 to determine how much asbestos is present in the former St. Joseph Hospital complex on Tod Avenue Northwest. Afterward, the city will be in a better position to remove the asbestos and move forward with demolition of the buildings there.

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