Locally, there was a private business(famous deli with good overpriced food) that got a $400K grant.
The gist of the story is: A fund designed to clean up neighborhoods gets paid to an already succesful business to expand.
Apparently they just make up the rules as they go along.
The Ann Arbor Chronicle » Zingerman’s Project Seeks Brownfield Status
"The law allows local municipalities to set up brownfield redevelopment authorities and to use various financing mechanisms to promote the cleanup and redevelopment of contaminated properties.
It was later amended to include sites that are designated as “blighted” or “functionally obsolete” – Zingerman’s is seeking the “functionally obsolete” designation."