LANSING, Mich. (AP) - A state grant will help Chippewa County find new uses for vacant buildings at a former Air Force base in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.
The Department of Environmental Quality has awarded $45,000 in brownfield funding to the Chippewa County International Airport.
It will help the county’s Economic Development Corporation evaluate under-used buildings on the airport grounds and determine what types of cleanups and asbestos treatments are needed.
The airport was formerly the Kincheloe Air Force Base. It was closed as a military installation in the late 1970s.
The state DEQ uses brownfield grants to help communities make new uses of contaminated parcels while protecting public health and the environment.
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