MANATEE — As the U.S. 41 corridor is targeted for redevelopment, some developers may have a perception that there is an environmental problem on potential sites.
Manatee County, in partnership with Bradenton, Palmetto and the Sarasota/Manatee Metropolitan Planning Organization, has received a $500,000 Brownfields grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The EPA awarded the three-year grant, which begins Oct. 1, on Friday.
Since Tamiami Trail passes through Bradenton, Palmetto and unincorporated Manatee, the corridor will be the focus of the Manatee County Coalition Assessment Grant for the Tamiami Trail Brownfields Revitalization Project, said Cheri Coryea, the county’s neighborhood services department director.