Mansfield, OH

Cleanup Revolving Loan Fund Pilot Fact Sheet
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Publication Number: 500-F-01-237
April 2001

Pilot refers to projects funded prior to 2003. Grants refer to projects funded from 2003 on, under the authority of the Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act.

In September 2005, the City of Mansfield, Ohio made two loans totaling $200,000 to the Mansfield Reformatory Preservation Society to assist with cleanup costs associated with the former Mansfield Reformatory property. These loans were made possible through a $1 million EPA Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) grant awarded to the City of Mansfield in September 2001. Built in 1834, Mansfield Reformatory housed an all-time high of 5,235 prisoners in April 1955. The facility was closed in 1984, and the building has since been used to film a variety of movies and music videos, including the Shawshank Redemption in 1994. The property included lead-based paint and asbestos, and cleanup activities are underway to remove these contaminants. Mansfield Reformatory will ultimately be developed into a museum and tour facility. For more information about this loan or the City of Mansfield EPA Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund, contact the EPA Region 5 Brownfields Coordinator at (312) 886-7576.