[CPEO-BIF] Gilbert Mill, Menasha, Wisconson

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Gilbert mill site rehab hits delay

Asbestos, financing problems stall brownfield application

By Michael King
Appleton Post-Crescent (WI)
August 6, 2006

MENASHA — An application for an $888,950 state brownfield grant to help 
raze and redevelop the former Gilbert Paper mill is on hold pending 
resolution of financing and asbestos removal issues.

Jason Scott, brownfields development consultant with the state 
Department of Commerce, said Thursday the application submitted by the 
city and Stadtmueller & Associates, the Gilbert property developer, will 
be re-evaluated once additional progress is made to obtain traditional 
financing for the project.

The asbestos issue arose July 14 when the property owner stopped salvage 
operations at the site after an inspection by the state Department of 
Natural Resources prompted by an anonymous complaint.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.postcrescent.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060806/APC0101/608060538/1979
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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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