2006 CPEO Brownfields List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: 14 Mar 2006 05:45:17 -0000
Reply: cpeo-brownfields
Subject: [CPEO-BIF] Highland Avenue, Niagara Falls, New York
 
Highland Avenue deserves help from Power Authority

By HENRY LOUIS TAYLOR JR.
Buffalo News (NY) opinion
March 10, 2006

The activities of the New York Power Authority hurt the Niagara Falls Highland Avenue black community more than any other locality in this region. Located in the authority's shadow, this community of 2,784 people historically was one of the most heavily industrialized neighborhoods in Niagara County.

In 1957, federal law created the Power Authority with the primary intent of supporting the economic development of municipalities in Western New York. Many factories in Niagara County, which benefited from the authority's low-cost hydroelectric power, were located in or near the Highland Avenue community.

The closing of these factories left about 15 brownfield sites scattered throughout the 560-acre region. Niagara Falls will have to clean up and redevelop these sites before it can regenerate Highland Avenue.

...

For the entire column, see
http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20060310/1030861.asp

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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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