[CPEO-BIF] BF acts as a Berlin wall in Worcester MA

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A Berlin Wall in Worcester

Worcester (MA) Business Journal
by Cory Hopkins
Monday, 11 June 2007
City officials struggle to redevelop the old

The old Standard Foundry building in WorcesterState Sen. Edward Augustus,
D-Worcester, recently described the site of the old Standard Foundry building in
Worcester as a "Berlin Wall," blocking re-development of the Main South
neighborhood where it sits.

The foundry building at 25 Southgate Street, and several surrounding parcels, has
been on the minds of city planners since 1994. Today's planners want the 11-acre
brownfields site surrounding the dilapidated foundry transformed into the South
Worcester Industrial Park (SWIP), home to a collection of light manufacturing
operations and a much-needed economic boost for the run-down neighborhood
surrounding it.

The vision is clear. The means of achieving it aren't...Plans call for asbestos
remediation and demolition of the building and an extension of Gardner Street
through to Armory Street in the rear of the building, to essentially cut the parcel
in two. What is uncertain, however, is the exact cost of asbestos remediation and
demolition of the building, said Heather Kamyck, project manager and brownfields
coordinator for the city's economic development division.

For the entire article, see:
http://wbjournal.com/j/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1863&Itemid=142

Bob Hersh

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