2007 CPEO Brownfields List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>
Date: 29 Nov 2007 17:25:29 -0000
Reply: cpeo-brownfields
Subject: [CPEO-BIF] Douglas (MI) project tabled
 
Housing project on golf course tabled

The Grand Rapids Press (MI)
November 29, 2007

DOUGLAS -- Plans to build a 125-unit development at West Shore Golf 
Course have been tabled by the city's Planning Commission until the 
developer, Paul Wicks, can meet a handful of criteria.

Wicks and the company representing him, Driesenga & Associates, need to 
submit a report by the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality that 
approves building on the land. Wicks said his attorney already has 
applied for this and he expects a response within 30 days.

Part of the proposed development has been found to contain 
Trichloroethylene, or TCE, a chemical that can seep into houses as a gas 
and cause a variety of health problems.

...

For the entire article, see
http://blog.mlive.com/grpress/2007/11/housing_project_on_golf_course.html

See also my February 2007 report on this site at
http://www.cpeo.org/pubs/DouglasTCE.pdf.

-- 


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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