WV Universities Working to Find New Uses for Old Industrial Sites
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Posted: 11:52 AM Nov 6, 2009
WV Universities Working to Find New Uses for Old Industrial Sites
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP)
West Virginia and Marshall universities are combining efforts to help cities find new uses for abandoned or vacant industrial sites.
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West Virginia and Marshall universities are combining efforts to help cities find new uses for abandoned or vacant industrial sites.

The Marshall-WVU Foundation for Overcoming Challenges and Utilizing Strengths, or FOCUS, will provide grants of up to $5,000 to cities to redevelop such sites, known as brownfields.

The program is a partnership between the Northern West Virginia Brownfields Assistance Center at WVU and the Brownfields Assistance Center at Marshall.

Patrick Kirby with WVU's center says the program will give communities a starting point to turn eyesores into assets.

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