JANET L. COIT, director of the R.I. Department of Environmental Management, highlighted the benefits of $3 million in matching grants that DEM made to 15 municipalities to develop or renovate recreational facilities. / PBN FILE PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Gina M. Raimondo joined with the R.I. Department of Environmental Management to announce $3.7 million in grants for the cleanup and redevelopment of 10 brownfield sites in eight communities Thursday, including $2.38 million in matching grants under the Brownfields Remediation and Economic Development Fund through the 2016 Green Economy Bond. "Funding from…