Earth Day is not just about protecting existing greenspaces and water, but improving the Earth for the future. GOPC’s long standing advocacy for tools that remove, mitigate, and/or manage sites with contaminants is the epitome of celebrating, improving, and protecting the environment.
Greater Ohio Policy Center (GOPC) is proud to share “Building on the Brownfields Momentum: An Analysis of the Brownfield Remediation Program Over the Past Four Years (2021-2025)”. This white paper examines the $719 million awarded between 2022 and June 2025.
The 2025 National Brownfields Conference offered case studies about successful brownfield remediation and redevelopment and highlighted the future trends in the field, and this blog is just a brief overview of the four-days of content that was offered.
These provisions will continue efforts to revitalize blighted properties, expand and protect access to affordable housing, and invest in a true multi-modal transportation system that provides more Ohioans to greater options to travel to work, school, or play.
GOPC has been the leading statewide advocate for the creating of the Brownfield Remediation Program (BRP), working with lawmakers for nearly a decade to create a maintain a source of funds to clean-up the thousands of known brownfield sites across the state.
A growing coalition of brownfields stakeholders is writing to you today to strongly request you utilize the House-passed version of the Brownfields Remediation Program, as contained in House Bill 96.
On June 4, lawmakers accepted a substitute bill that made major changes to a number of areas GOPC has been tracking throughout the budget process. Below is a summary of those changes by area.