[CPEO-BIF] Pana, IL refinery site

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Pana receives 93-acre former refinery site donation for economic development
By RON INGRAM
Decatur Herald and Review
January 5, 2005

PANA - Christmas came early for Pana as the 93-acre former South Central
Terminal Refinery site was donated to the city in early November by one
of the former owners of the refinery.

City officials see potential for future commercial development that
could boost Pana's economy, especially if U.S. 51 is upgraded to four
lanes between Decatur and Centralia. The highway would pass a
quarter-mile south of the site, which is on the west side of U.S. 51 at
the city's southern edge.

"Once it was the pride of Pana," said Jim Deere, director of the Pana
Office of Development. "Then the tanks got rusty and nasty. A Brownfield
program will help us identify the problems we've got out there, but the
general feeling is there will be useable land for commercial purposes."

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For the entire article, see
http://www.herald-review.com/articles/2006/01/05/news/local_news/1012224.txt

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Lenny Siegel
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