[CPEO-BIF] Colorado BF Foundation to redevelop former meth labs

["Robert Hersh" <b_hersh@verizon.net>]

Foundation looking to buy former meth labs

KUSA - With potential contamination from carcinogens and explosive
chemicals, to most people, a former methamphetamine lab would sound like a
less than desirable real estate venture. For Jesse Silverstein, he gets
excited, so to speak.  "In a strange way, yes, I see an opportunity to
improve a neighborhood," Silverstein said.

Silverstein is the executive director of the Colorado Brownfields
Foundation. It is a non-profit organization that seeks to redevelop
brownfields, which it defines as a site that is complicated by hazardous
substances, pollutants or environmental contaminants. Houses that once
served as meth labs are included in the properties the foundation is
targeting for redevelopment. Silverstein says these homes often are left to
rot and become blighted properties.

...One of the goals for the Colorado Brownfields Foundation is to take over
former meth labs, thoroughly clean them and then place them back on the
market as deed restricted lower income housing.

For the entire article, see:
http://www.9news.com/news/article.aspx?storyid=74049


Bob Hersh 
CPEO


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