The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently recognized Eaton County for successfully using a $400,000 EPA grant to assess contaminated properties in Eaton Rapids.
Eaton Rapids was the only city in the state to be recognized for transforming once-blighted brownfield properties into productive economic assets. The city was 
recognized specifically for two different projects.
The first project included the redevelopment of the former Eaton Rapids Public School Bus Garage. The developer used brownfield tax credits to properly gauge the property’s contamination level, and plans to build a 40-unit senior housing unit on the site.
The second project includes a redevelopment plan for a property along Hall Street and the Spring Brook. This property was a blacksmith shop, but the City of Eaton Rapids Downtown Development Authority plans to turn it into a continuation of the W. Scott Munn Riverwalk.
Source: Environmental Protection Agency
Ivy Hughes, development news editor, can be reached here.
All Photographs © Dave Trumpie
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