[CPEO-BIF] Goodwin College, East Hartford, CT

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

College's Relocation To Brownfield Gets $3M Boost From State
RIVERFRONT-ING THE MONEY

By Kenneth J. St. Onge
Hartford Business Journal
May 1, 2007

Goodwin College's relocation to East Hartford's riverfront got a big 
cash infusion last week as the state's development arm approved a $3 
million grant for the project, already underway.

But before the college gets the grant, it must be approved by a budget 
referendum in the town, which is expected some time next month. That's 
because the town must agree to pay the money back to the state with 
taxes collected from the college later on.

When done, Goodwin will sit on roughly 30 acres of shoreline along the 
Connecticut River on a piece of land that was once home to a petroleum 
tank farm. The state money will be used to clean up contamination from 
spilled petroleum products that seeped into the soil.

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For the entire article, see
http://hartfordbusiness.com/news1401.html

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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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