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SME SECURES OVER $5.6 MILLION IN BROWNFIELD FINANCING FOR MIDWEST COMMUNITIES! FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For Information Contact: E. Laney Henson, CPSM (734) 454-9900 henson@sme-usa.com Soil and Materials Engineers, Inc. (SME) recently teamed with 13 communities/coalitions in Indiana, Michigan and Ohio to secure U.S. EPA Brownfields Redevelopment Grants totaling $5,685,000 for support of redevelopment projects. To date, SME has successfully acquired over $25,000,000 in federal brownfields funding for Midwest communities. SME’s success rate for acquiring federal brownfields funding is over 85%! We prepared successful Community-wide Assessment Grant applications for the following coalitions this year:
SME prepared successful U.S. EPA Community-wide Assessment Grants applications for the following communities:
SME also secured a $1,000,000 Revolving Loan Fund Grant for the State of Michigan Landbank Fast Track Authority.
Within the last year using brownfield incentives, SME has helped numerous Midwest communities transform blighted brownfields into productive sites in our new economy. For example, SME is helping:
SME helps governmental agencies, communities, owners and brownfield developers across the Midwest, turn blight into bright. SME and its staff have secured over $90,000,000 in state/federal grants, loans, tax credits, and tax increment financing for municipal and private brownfield redevelopment projects valued at over $900,000,000. SME assists communities by providing grant management and attracting development by designing creative funding programs using multiple, leveraged brownfield financing methods to offset environmental and infrastructure costs.
SME’s integrated brownfield redevelopment approach for communities and developers includes environmental due diligence, constructability evaluations and planning, environmental exposure mitigation planning and implementation, environmental cleanup design/management, geotechnical and pavement engineering to address site conditions and constructability issues, and quality control testing and environmental management during construction. At sites where building rehabilitation is involved, SME also helps owners/developers reduce uncertainty and costs by providing hazardous materials assessments, abatement design and monitoring; building condition assessments; energy efficiency studies; and programs for building restoration and renewal.
About SME
SME supports clients at every stage of development and ownership, from site acquisition, design and construction, to maintenance, restoration and redevelopment. We’ve guided clients through the complex financial maze to take advantage of available brownfield and other development financing programs to help them achieve their goals. Since 1964, our mission has been to add significant value to our clients’ projects and become a trusted member of their project team. Our staff of over 200 professionals operates from nine offices in Indiana, Michigan and Ohio. We assist our clients locally and across the world by providing practical, sustainable solutions to the most challenging site and building related problems. From land use and brownfield redevelopment to green buildings and alternative energy sources, we are committed to helping our clients achieve a sustainable future. Our geosciences, materials and environmental capabilities serve many markets in the built and natural environment, covering Commercial, Development/ Redevelopment, Education, Energy, Healthcare, Industrial, Retail, State/Local Government, Telecommunications, Transportation, and Agriculture.
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