Ohio Announces Demo Funds
PRESS RELEASE
COLUMBUS—Ohio Governor Mike DeWine and Ohio Department of Development Director Lydia Mihalik this week announced $11.9 million in grants to help 73 counties prepare sites for redevelopment by demolishing existing unsafe, blighted buildings.
The funding comes from the latest round of the Building Demolition and Site Revitalization Program. Ohio’s operating budget has allotted $21.5 million each fiscal year to help communities demolish dilapidated residential and commercial structures and prepare those properties for future economic development.
“Every community deserves places that inspire pride and create opportunity,” said Governor DeWine. “By helping remove long-vacant, unsafe buildings, we’re giving local leaders the chance to reimagine these properties in ways that strengthen neighborhoods, attract investment, and improve quality of life for the people who call Ohio home.”
Approximately $230,000 in grants was reserved for each of Ohio’s 88 counties. To date, the program has invested more than $325 million to support nearly 6,700 demolition projects across every county in the state.
“In Ohio, every building has a story. When those stories come to an end, those properties still have one final purpose: making way for something better,” said Director Mihalik. “By helping our communities remove these long-neglected structures, we’re creating opportunities for new investment, new housing, new businesses, and a stronger future for the people who call these neighborhoods home.”
Belmont County will use the funds to demolish 16 structures: four each with Bellaire and Bridgeport addresses and eight in Martins Ferry.
Monroe County will demolish 12 structures in Beallsville, Lewisville, Sardis, Woodsfield and a Powhatan Point address in the county.
Guernsey County’s work will focus on eight structures with Cambridge and Pleasant City addresses.
In Noble County, the Buckeye Hills Regional Council will focus on a property near St. Michael’s Catholic Church in the village of Carlisle (Caldwell address)
For a complete list of addresses throughout the state select this link.
(Ohio Governor’s Office Press Release)
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