Virginia Brownfields Restoration and Economic Redevelopment Assistance Fund (VBAF)
Virginia Brownfields Restoration and Economic Redevelopment Assistance Fund (VBAF) supports localities with site assessment, planning, and cleanup to return brownfields to use, attract investment, and create jobs.
Funder: Virginia Department of Environmental Quality
Due Dates: November 13, 2026, at 5:00 p.m. (Site Remediation) | Rolling (Assessment and Planning)
Funding Amounts: Up to $50,000 (Assessment and Planning) or $500,000 (Site Remediation), with a 1:1 match
Summary: VBAF supports assessment, redevelopment planning, and cleanup of Virginia brownfields to encourage private investment, job creation, and productive reuse.
Key Information: Applicants must be Virginia political subdivisions; funding cannot support costs already incurred or work already underway or complete.
Description
The Virginia Brownfields Restoration and Economic Redevelopment Assistance Fund (VBAF) helps Virginia localities restore underused properties where actual or potential contamination complicates expansion, redevelopment, or reuse. The Virginia Economic Development Partnership (VEDP) administers the program and its funds in collaboration with the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), which provides technical expertise. Two grant categories support site assessment and planning, and site remediation.
The program targets projects or phases of work expected to generate additional private investment and job creation in the immediate future. Supported redevelopment uses include industrial, commercial, tourism, and related activities. By addressing environmental conditions and other barriers to reuse, VBAF helps position sites for economic development while encouraging reuse of existing infrastructure, preserving undeveloped land, and protecting the environment.
