From: | Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com> |
Date: | Mon, 11 Feb 2008 21:33:13 -0800 (PST) |
Reply: | cpeo-brownfields |
Subject: | [CPEO-BIF] What makes a Brownfield (Michigan) |
Is Cabela's site a brownfield? Stakes are high By Chris Knape The Grand Rapids Press (MI) February 10, 2008 Ten years ago, Coca-Cola Bottling looked from its aging plant to the abandoned buildings and contaminated land next door and saw opportunity. Using a relatively new development tool known as a brownfield, the company won tax breaks for investing millions of dollars to clean up the dilapidated industrial site adjacent to an old landfill and expand its capacity. In the process, it created hundreds of jobs at its updated plant at 1440 Butterworth St. SW. The idea behind the state's brownfield program was simple: Preserve jobs in decaying urban areas, prevent sprawl and find new uses for existing infrastructure. Times have changed and so has the idea of what is a brownfield. Today, Wyoming and Walker are awaiting word from the state on the cities' latest request to use brownfield incentives. ... For the entire article, see http://www.mlive.com/business/grpress/index.ssf?/base/business-5/1202627735281420.xml&coll=6 -- 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 _______________________________________________ Brownfields mailing list Brownfields@lists.cpeo.org http://lists.cpeo.org/listinfo.cgi/brownfields-cpeo.org | |
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