[CPEO-BIF] "Brownfield site generates plenty of green"

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Web posted Saturday, February 17, 2001
Brownfield site generates plenty of green 

By Walter C. Jones 
Savannah Morning News 

http://www.savannahmorningnews.com/exchange/stories/021701/PULdevelopment.shtml

ATLANTA - In the 99 years Atlantic Steel recycled scrap metal into light posts,
nails and cotton bails, its surroundings changed from countryside dotted with
mill workers' homes to one of the fastest-growing cities in the country. 

Now, the mill itself has been scrapped, erasing a dark shadow on Atlanta's
skyline. The toxic wastes removed, the site is being recycled into a $2 billion
office, retail and residential complex on a spot some considered unsalvageable.


Insiders call it brownfield development, but to environmentalists it is
alchemy: taking a huge 145-acre site of a steel mill, cleaning up the soil
contaminated over a century of production, and turning it into a downtown
community of 4,000 homes, office towers and tree-lined boulevards. 

Federal regulators relaxed rules to allow the development of the old Atlantic
Steel site near Georgia Tech, Turner Broadcasting's headquarters and a cluster
of budding cutting-edge telecommunications companies.

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http://www.savannahmorningnews.com/exchange/stories/021701/PULdevelopment.shtml


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