Saturday, March 18, 2017

City awaits decision on grant allowing Kuhn’s demolition

Source: Vicksburg Post, 2017-03-18, J. Surratt

"The future of Kuhn Memorial Hospital could lie with the Environmental Protection Agency.
The city of Vicksburg has applied for two Brownfields cleanup grants totaling $400,000 to help pay part of the estimated $850,000 cost of razing and removing the three buildings and removing a diesel tank containing 4,000 gallons of fuel.
Funded by the EPA, Brownfields grants provide money to help local governments clean and renovate former hazardous material sites..."