The Industrial Site Readiness grant is designed to enhancing large scale site development by providing funding for various site readiness services, which will boost the state’s portfolio of project-ready sites and attract new investment.
Donor Name: Washington State Department of Commerce
State: Washington
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 10/28/2022
Size of the Grant: up to $500,000
Details:
The Industrial Site Readiness program offers $2.5 million in grant funding and is open to public entities statewide, including city and county governments, port districts, and Native American Tribal governments.
The funding is provided for pre-development planning grants to develop large manufacturing sites. Funding may also be used to support the conversion of brownfields into clean, tax-generating properties.
Through this Industrial Site Readiness program, the goal is to boost economic growth by assisting with site due diligence, environmental assessments, geotechnical analysis or other site readiness services, which will strengthen the state’s position to attract new investment.
Available assistance includes, but is not limited to, the following types of activities:
- Engineering Studies – Includes design and planning of on- and off-site infrastructure
- Permitting – Includes assistance in reviewing existing zoning, permitting or other regulatory issues as well as pre-permitting activities.
- Site Due Diligence – Includes SEPA-related activities. Studies related to specific site issues including traffic, archaeological, topographical, geotechnical, cultural or business attraction planning for underdeveloped rural areas are eligible.
Funding Information
Industrial sites may be awarded grants up to $500,000. The number of awards depends on the number of qualified candidates and the level of funding requested. Minimum requested funding is $200,000.
Eligibility Criteria
- Any public entity such as county, city, port district, or local tribe that have ideally, but not required, completed early site assessments and are ready to take the next steps toward site readiness. Privately owned land is not eligible.
- The following eligibility requirements will be evaluated:
- The site must be located in Washington State.
- The site must be fully owned by a public entity, such as a city, a county, a port, a tribe or other public or non-profit entity.
- The applicant must own the proposed site.
- The applicant must be a local public or non-profit entity, government or tribe. ADO organizations are not eligible unless the Port or county is the owner of the site as well as the designated ADO for the county.
- The grant application must be submitted for one (1) site. One site per county encouraged.
- The proposed property must be designated for industrial use. Ideally permit a wide range of industrial uses.
- The property site must consist of at least 50 acres, contiguous developable land
- The preferred property will be vacant and free from existing buildings (unless a brownfield). Properties with existing buildings will be considered; priority will be given to rural properties with potential to attract new business.
- The property must have existing public road access. Some infrastructure must be available to the site or near the site.
- If awarded, funding will accelerate business attraction efforts.
- Property must be zoned industrial, or be in process of converting to industrial.
For more information, visit WSDC.
