SPRINGFIELD, Ohio -- The city of Springfield is awarded a $1.8 million grant by the Ohio Department of Development to redevelop the former Navistar International Corp. plant site on Lagonda Avenue.

The grant still has to be approved by the state Controlling Board.

Samantha Sommer of the Springfield News Sun reports the money will be used to install roads and utilities on the 58-acre site.

The goal is to redevelop the site for light industrial use for six to eight companies, Heck said, and to provide new jobs within Springfield that support the city school district tax base.

It has been named the Champion City Business Park with construction possibly starting at the end of this year or in the spring of next year and wrap up by the end of 2012.

(Information for this story from the Springfield News Sun)