1998 Central MA Economic Summit

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NTC/ADM. BROWNER TO ADDRESS 1998 CENTRAL MASS. ECONOMIC SUMMIT/SCROLL

FOR RELEASE:  THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1998
MEDIA ADVISORY

U.S. EPA ADMINISTRATOR BROWNER TO ADDRESS SENATOR EDWARD KENNEDY'S  1998
CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS ECONOMIC SUMMIT

     U.S. EPA Administrator Carol M. Browner will join Senator Edward
M. Kennedy at the 1998 Central Massachusetts Economic Summit in
Worcester, Mass. at 11 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 11.  Administrator Browner
will detail brownfields redevelopment initiatives as a centerpiece of
Clinton Administration efforts to promote economic growth and
revitalize communities across the country.  Browner will also discuss
Worcester - which has more than 200 brownfields sites within its city
limits and is known for tackling complex projects -- as a symbol of
successful brownfields redevelopment.

     Since 1993, the Clinton Administration has taken a series of
steps to help communities clean up and redevelop brownfields -
abandoned contaminated properties - and return them to thriving
centers of American prosperity.  These steps include removing legal
barriers to redevelopment; creating a national model to determine the
best way to revitalize communities; providing over $42 million in seed
money to 226 communities for revitalization; and providing a targeted
tax incentive to businesses that purchase and cleanup these sites.
Nearly $1 billion has been leveraged for redevelopment and over 2,000
jobs have been created.  Communities from Cleveland to Sacramento are
gaining new jobs, a new tax base and new hope.

WHO:
U.S. EPA Administrator Carol M. Browner
Senator Edward M. Kennedy

WHAT:
Address Senator Edward Kennedy's 1998 Central Massachusetts
Economic Summit

WHEN:
Friday, Dec. 11, 1998
11 a.m.

WHERE:

Worcester Polytechnic Institute
100 Institute Road
Alden Hall
Worcester, Mass.

Tony Chenhansa,  Program Coordinator
Center for Public Environmental Oversight (CPEO)
425 Market Street 2nd Floor, San Francisco, CA  94105
ph: 415-904-7751 fx: 415-904-7765
e-mail: tonyc@cpeo.org
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