Gov. Walker: Announces award for Wauwatosa construction site remediation

Contact: Tom Thieding, 608-267-9661 tom.thieding@wisconsin.gov

MADISON – Governor Scott Walker announced today that State Street Retail, LLC, Hartland, will receive a $$75,000 Blight Elimination and Brownfield Redevelopment award from the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) for soil and water contamination remediation in the construction of a new bank in Wauwatosa. This redevelopment project serves as an important extension of the City’s Historic Village area.

The award will reimburse State Street Retail for remediation and geo-technical expenditures in construction of a new bank building in Wauwatosa to be occupied by PNC Bank. The construction site has soil and water contamination that will be remediated in this project. State Street Retail uses green construction techniques and the new bank will be LEED certified.

The Blight Elimination and Brownfield Redevelopment Program (BEBR) provides grant funds to assist local governments, businesses and individuals with assessing and remediating the environmental contamination of an abandoned, idle or underused industrial or commercial facility or site.

The WEDC is Wisconsin’s lead economic development agency.