The state is awarding more than $3.5 million in grants to projects in five Michigan cities that are expected to create approximately 80 jobs and 378 new housing units.
Funded through the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy’s (EGLE) Brownfield Redevelopment program, the agency announced on Wednesday that the grants will support projects in Ann Arbor, Oak Park, Holland, Grand Rapids and Kalamazoo.
EGLE awarded a $1 million grant to pay for demolition and removal of contaminated soil at the former Ann Arbor YMCA site at 350 South 5th Ave., Ann Arbor, where the city plans to construct a 20-story high rise with 330 affordable housing units. Ann Arbor officials are also working with the local transit authority to expand the platform of the Blake Transit Center next to the redevelopment site, improving public transportation in the area…