238.127(2)(d)(d) Coordinate with other state and local public and private entities which provide services to municipalities undertaking projects for the revitalization of business areas.

238.127(2)(e)(e) Annually select, upon application, up to 5 municipalities to participate in the state main street program. The program for each municipality shall conclude after 3 years, except that the program for each municipality selected after July 29, 1995, shall conclude after 5 years. The corporation shall select program participants representing various geographical regions and populations. A municipality may apply to participate, and the corporation may select a municipality for participation, more than one time. In selecting a municipality, however, the corporation may give priority to those municipalities that have not previously participated.

238.127(2)(f)(f) For use in selecting the participants in the state main street program under par. (e), develop objective criteria relating to at least the following issues:

238.127(2)(f)1.1. Private and public sector interest in and commitment to revitalization of a business area selected by the municipality.

238.127(2)(f)3.3. Local organizational and financial commitment to employ a program manager for not less than 3 years, or not less than 5 years for participants selected after July 29, 1995.

238.127(2)(f)5.5. Local commitment to assist in training persons to direct activities related to business areas in municipalities that do not participate in the state main street program.

238.127(2)(h)(h) Provide training, technical assistance and information on the revitalization of business areas to municipalities which do not participate in the state main street program. The corporation may charge reasonable fees for the services and information provided under this paragraph.

238.127(2)(j)(j) The corporation shall expend at least $250,000 annually on the state main street program.

238.13(1)(a)(a) “Brownfields” means abandoned, idle or underused industrial or commercial facilities or sites, the expansion or redevelopment of which is adversely affected by actual or perceived environmental contamination.

238.13(1)(b)(b) “Brownfields redevelopment” means any work or undertaking by a person to acquire a brownfields facility or site and to raze, demolish, remove, reconstruct, renovate, or rehabilitate the facility or existing buildings, structures, or other improvements at the site for the purpose of promoting the use of the facility or site for commercial, industrial, or other purposes. “Brownfields redevelopment” does not include construction of new facilities on the site for any purpose other than environmental remediation activities.

238.13(1)(d)(d) “Environmental remediation activities” means investigation, analysis and monitoring of a brownfields facility or site to determine the existence and extent of actual or potential environmental pollution; abating, removing or containing environmental pollution at a brownfields facility or site; or restoring soil or groundwater at a brownfields facility or site.

238.13(1)(g)(g) “Person” means an individual, partnership, limited liability company, corporation, nonprofit organization, city, village, town, county, or trustee, including a trustee in bankruptcy.

238.13(2)(a)(a) The corporation may make a grant to a person if all of the following apply:

238.13(2)(a)1.1. The recipient uses the grant proceeds for brownfields redevelopment or associated environmental remediation activities.

238.13(2)(a)1m.1m. The recipient does not use the grant proceeds to pay lien claims of the department of natural resources or the federal environmental protection agency based on investigation or remediation activities of the department of natural resources or the federal environmental protection agency or to pay delinquent real estate taxes or interest or penalties that relate to those taxes.

238.13(2)(a)2.2. All of the following are unknown, cannot be located, or are financially unable to pay the cost of environmental remediation activities:

238.13(2)(a)2.b.b. Any person who possessed or controlled the environmental contaminant that is the basis for the grant request before the contaminant was released.

238.13(2)(b)1.1. The contribution required under par. (a) 3. may be in cash or in-kind. Cash contributions may be of private or public funds. In-kind contributions shall be limited to actual remediation services.

238.13(2)(b)3.3. The recipient of a grant under this section shall contribute to the project an amount that is equal to at least 50 percent of the amount of the grant.