[CPEO-BIF] NewPorte Landing, La Porte, Indiana

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

NewPorte — Old Problems

Ongoing environmental cleanup at brownfield site could spoil 
redevelopment deal

Derek Smith
La Porte Herald Argus (IN)
November 19, 2007

LA PORTE -- Pollutants can spoil more than the environment. They can 
spoil redevelopment as well.

Despite speculation from many quarters, concrete plans for NewPorte 
Landing -- the 150-acre commercial and recreational area planned for 
north of downtown -- have yet to be laid.

Regardless, the lengthy cleanup process of the brownfield, which 
includes the former Allis-Chalmers industrial complex and the old city 
landfill, could cause La Porte to miss out on development opportunities, 
according to Dick Parrette, chairman of the NewPorte Landing Citizens 
Advisory Board and chair-elect of the La Porte Community Development 
Corporation.

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For the entire article, see
http://heraldargus.com/archives/ha/display.php?id=389160

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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
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org



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