[CPEO-BIF] Coca-Cola Park, Allentown, Pennsylvania

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Allentown buys insurance for Coca-Cola Park
Policy will cover costs if environmental issues crop up at stadium site.

By Genevieve Marshall
Allentown Morning Call (PA)
October 27, 2007

Allentown is using part of a $1 million grant from the Environmental 
Protection Agency to buy environmental insurance for Coca-Cola Park, 
city officials announced Friday.

City, county and EPA officials held a check-passing ceremony at the 
minor league baseball stadium, which is under construction at the former 
Agere site on Union Boulevard in Allentown. The Lehigh County-owned 
stadium will be home to the Lehigh Valley IronPigs, the Philadelphia 
Phillies' Triple-A affiliate, starting next spring.

The $77,000 subgrant, which has been disbursed to the county, comes from 
the city's Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund established through a 2004 
grant, Mayor Ed Pawlowski said.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.mcall.com/news/local/all-b3_5ballpark.6110822oct27,0,2331731.story

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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