Albert Lea approved execution of a State of Minnesota DEED Cleanup Grant Agreement No. 281697 for the Tapestry Family Housing Development on Garfield Avenue (Job 2611). The grant will reimburse up to $267,487, or roughly 75% of eligible cleanup work including excavation and disposal of contaminated soil, backfilling, grading of clean soil, and environmental oversight. The grant contract runs through December 31, 2028 and requires the city to contract for environmental remediation, site work, and documentation, with prevailing wage compliance. This is a funded brownfield cleanup and predevelopment opportunity for environmental consultants, remediation contractors, and housing developers to support cleanup implementation, reporting to DEED and MPCA, and eventual vertical construction of the housing project.

Grant agreement requires local match funding, prevailing wage on eligible work, and completion of cl...