The role of the Brownfield Redevelopment Authority (BRA) to facilitate the sensible redevelopment of underutilized or vacant commercial and industrial properties within the Village. The Brownfield Redevelopment Authority utilizes several sources of funding to inventory, investigate, cleanup and promote the redevelopmeny of Brownfield sites. Sources of funding have included Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Brownfields Grants, Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) environmental cleanup grants and loans, other State of Michigan grants to assess and/or demolish blighted properties to prepare them for redevelopment. The Authority provides a written Annual Report to the Village. The Village Council appoints members to the BRA. The Brownfield Redevelopment Authority has no fixed meeting schedule. Meetings are scheduled as needed.