Fairmont redeveloping polluted sites into recreational spaces

Fairmont redeveloping polluted sites into recreational spaces

FAIRMONT, W.Va. (WBOY) — The City of Fairmont has spent the past few years laying out projects to redevelop its brownfields sites, which are locations like old factories, buildings or gas stations that potentially contain pollutants or contaminants, which makes the sites harder to reuse. The WV Brownfields Assistance Center has aided Fairmont in rehabilitating brownfields for the last ten years and has said that rehabilitating brownfields can un…