[CPEO-BIF] Gilbert Paper Co. site, Menasha, Wisconsin

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Menasha to seek grant for Gilbert site

Idea of whitewater park gets attention at council meeting

By Michael King
Appleton Post-Crescent (WI)
February 19, 2008

MENASHA - City efforts to secure a brownfield grant of at least $500,000 
to aid demolition of the former Gilbert Paper Co. site got a boost 
Monday night.

On a 7-1 vote, the Common Council authorized pursuit of a matching 
$25,000 planning grant, a move encouraged by state Department of 
Commerce officials after the city's $875,000 brownfield grant 
application was not chosen for funding last year.

Brownfields are abandoned, idle or underused industrial or commercial 
properties where redevelopment is hindered by real or perceived 
contamination.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.postcrescent.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080219/APC0101/802190600/1003/APC01

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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>
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