Plans to spend a half-million dollars removing toxic materials from a recreation building at the former Naval base in Cutler are underway, and more work may be needed before the building can be put to use again.

The Washington County Development Authority was awarded the $500,000 grant through the Environmental Protection Agency’s Brownfields Program in 2021.

Funding from the Brownfields Program is broadly used to clean up contaminated properties and prepare them for redevelopment and reuse.

Built in 1964, the 19,285 square foot, one-story Recreation Building includes a gymnasium, bowling alley and racquetball court, lockers, an office and storage and mechanical rooms. It was used by the Navy until the base was decommissioned in 2003, and donated to the Washington County Development Aut

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