[CPEO-BIF] Northwest Indiana

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Panel outlines NWI's brownfield redevelopment efforts

BY PATRICK GUINANE
Northwest Indiana
April 12, 2006

INDIANAPOLIS | Transforming the ruins of steel's heyday into economic 
jewels remains a key priority for the region, Northwest Indiana 
officials said Tuesday at a state-sponsored brownfield conference.

"People think of Gary as the steel capital -- it has all of things that 
go along with that," said Dorreen Carey, Gary director of environmental 
affairs. "We've got a lot of opportunities, a lot of problems, but it's 
really a great challenge to be working on."

Kay Nelson, environmental director for the Northwest Indiana Forum, 
outlined more than a half-dozen potential redevelopment sites ranging 
from 30 acres of greenspace to a 500-acre industrial tract near the 
Gary/Chicago International Airport.

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For the entire article, see
http://nwitimes.com/articles/2006/04/12/news/lake_county/20e10334d53ae55f8625714d007b8792.txt

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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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