[CPEO-BIF] Roseville, Michigan

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Cleanup may give new life to vacant Roseville property

Bank, fast food restaurant or storage facility expected on site

Christina Stolarz
Detroit News
January 22, 2006

ROSEVILLE -- City officials are excited that vacant property on 
Groesbeck south of 12 Mile soon may get new life through a brownfield 
redevelopment plan.

Developer Groesbeck Martin is working with the county's Brownfield 
Redevelopment Authority to clean up a portion of the 5.3-acre former 
concrete-crushing site to possibly make way for a bank, fast food 
restaurant or storage facility.

Roseville doesn't have a formal brownfield redevelopment authority, but 
city officials may consider establishing one of their own, depending on 
how well this project fares and if the city receives more proposals, 
said City Manager Stephen A. Truman. It was the first viable brownfield 
project that came before the city, he said.

The property has been vacant for 1 1/2 years and was considered a 
nuisance because of the amount of noise and dust created from the 
concrete crushing, he said.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060122/METRO03/601220356/1014

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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
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