[CPEO-BIF] River Edge Redevelopment Initiative, Illinois

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Gov. Blagojevich proposes brownfields cleanup 

By Philip Ewing 
ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH (MO)
February 13, 2006 

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Riverfront reclamation projects in the Metro East
area and elsewhere in Illinois could obtain new grants and other state
aid under a plan announced Monday by Gov. Rod Blagojevich.

Dubbed the River Edge Redevelopment Initiative, Blagojevich's plan would
help cities along rivers clean up polluted former industrial sites,
called brownfields, to make way for new projects.

The plan would provide local governments with $20 million in grant
money, tax credits and tax exemptions for such work.
...

For the entire article, see
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/metroeast/story/E569C81E085E247F86257115001D5A45?OpenDocument

See also
http://www.pjstar.com/stories/021306/REG_B8VIFT92.045.shtml

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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>
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