City and Lancaster Port Authority Applying for Cleanup Grants for Former Frick-Gallagher Property

   The City of Lancaster and the Lancaster Port Authority are applying for a $1,477,238 Clean Ohio Revitalization Fund (CORF) grant and a $200,000 U.S. EPA Cleanup grant (EPA), respectively, to help support the cleanup and redevelopment of 5.08 acres of property located at 330 S. Ewing St. in Lancaster for the future development of the Former Frick-Gallagher Property.  The CORF application is available for review beginning July 21, 2010, at the Fairfield County District Library – Main Library, 219 N. Broad St., Lancaster.  A draft of the EPA grant application is available for review beginning September 3, 2010 at the offices of the Lancaster Port Authority, 1424 Camp Ground Road, Lancaster, Ohio.  A public meeting on these grant applications is scheduled for 6 p.m. on Tuesday, September 7, 2010, at the Lancaster City Hall, Basement Conference Room, 104 E. Main St., Lancaster.  Public comment is encouraged.  For more information regarding the Former Frick-Gallagher grant applications, contact R. Michael Pettit, Lancaster Port Authority and City Economic Development Director, at (740) 687-6670, ext. 10.