The projects will eliminate environmental hazards and could create up to 62 jobs. The city will use its grant to remediate contamination and renovate a building on a site formerly occupied by an aluminum processing company. After remediation, a new trucking firm, Multistate Specialized Transit will operate from the site and create 37 jobs. The county will use the grant to renovate the former Balko Trailers facility in the Town of Flambeau.
Rusk County intends to acquire the brownfield and market it for industrial use.