[CPEO-BIF] Value of homes at Florida contamination site

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Value of Tallevast homes in limbo

By KATHLEEN CULLINAN
Sarasota Herald-Tribune (FL)
June 26, 2005

TALLEVAST -- What's a home worth if it's sitting in a polluted community?
That's what residents, a defense industry giant, real estate
professionals and even the county's property appraiser are trying to
figure out.

So far, none of them have the answer.

Dozens of homes in Tallevast are located near contaminated soil and
ground water, the legacy of a weapons manufacturing plant that operated
for nearly 40 years in the neighborhood before closing in 1996. Lockheed
Martin bought the plant and is responsible for the cleanup.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050626/BREAKING/50626006

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org
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