Brownfield Municipal Grant Program - Assessment (CT)

The Brownfield Municipal Grant Program - Assessment in Connecticut supports municipalities in redeveloping brownfield sites, promoting economic impact through remediation. Grants range from $100,000 to $200,000, with councils of governments and brownfield land banks eligible for higher amounts. The program aims to stimulate job creation and leverage private funding, encouraging partnerships and revitalizing previously stalled sites. Proof of site control is required for applicants, ensuring effective use of the funds.

The Brownfield Municipal Grant Program is a competitive program for municipalities and municipal entities, designed to assist with brownfield redevelopment projects in their communities that will make a significant economic impact. Only municipalities and municipal entities are eligible to apply.
The purpose of the Municipal Grant Program as per C.G.S Section 32-763, is to provide grants for brownfield remediation and redevelopment. Additional program goals include encouraging public-private partnerships, leveraging the maximum amount of private funds to increase the economic impact of the State’s investment, reactivating long-stalled sites, and incentivizing job creation.
Funding
For any project: Maximum request: $200,000; Minimum Request: $100,000. For Applicants who are Councils of Governments (COGs) and Brownfield Land Banks (BLBs) only: Total grant requests of up to $500,000 may be submitted per application and for multiple projects in one municipality or multiple municipalities. However, the maximum and minimum amounts thresholds per project will be as noted above. Please complete and submit the COG/BLB coversheet along with your project applications if you are submitting for multiple projects.
All applicants are welcome to submit multiple projects under separate applications. Municipalities can also submit for multiple unrelated sites under one application as long as the total request for the project is within the specified thresholds (minimum of $100K and maximum of $200K).

Eligibility

A Municipality as defined by C.G.S Section 32-760 (12); Economic Development Agency, as defined by C.G.S Section 32-760 (6); and Connecticut Brownfield Land Banks, as defined by C.G.S Section 32-760 (22). All applicants must provide proof of access to the site, site control or path to site control. Eligible Uses of Funds: Costs associated with the investigation, assessment, and limited demolition required to conduct assessment activities.

Ineligibility

Entities responsible for the contamination are ineligible.