[CPEO-BIF] Martindale Clinic, Hope, Arkansas

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

City ponders clinic rehab

By WENDY LEDBETTER
Hope Star (AR)
April 4, 2007

City officials are hoping to reclaim a piece of property in downtown 
Hope with the help of a state grant. The issue was among the topics 
discussed at Tuesday's meeting of the Hope City Board of Directors.

The Environmental Protection Agency began the "brownfield" program in 
1995. The goal was to help communities reclaim property that might 
otherwise lay dormant because of pollutants and contamination. The 
program is locally overseen by the Arkansas Department of Environmental 
Quality.

At Tuesday's meeting, Hope City Manager Catherine Cook told directors 
that the ADEQ has completed its assessment of a local property. The 
Martindale Clinic was a thriving medical practice until the 1970s, Cook 
said. She said that the owner simply walked out one day, locking the 
doors behind him.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.hopestar.com/articles/2007/04/04/news/news2.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>
http://www.cpeo.org


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