[CPEO-BIF] Cornwall, Ontario "a leader"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

City a leader in brownfield redevelopment: Gerretsen

Kevin Lajoie
Cornwall Standard Freeholder (ONT)
April 20, 2007

Cornwall is one of the leaders in Ontario when it comes to redeveloping 
brownfield sites, the province's municipal affairs minister said Thursday.

"What's been done here so far is marvelous," said John Gerretsen, 
following a tour of the old cotton mills area in the city's east end 
during a visit to Cornwall.

The minister got a first-hand look at the work that's taken place over 
the last several years to redevelop the former industrial area, which at 
one time employed some 3,000 workers. He also got to hear about future 
plans for some of the historic buildings, the biggest being a plan to 
turn the old finishing mill building at the corner of Cotton Mill Street 
and McConnell Avenue into a 67-unit loft complex.

After viewing the area from the outside, Gerretsen walked through the 
Weave Shed building which is now home to Corus Entertainment, the 
Cornwall Public Inquiry and several other organizations.


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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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