[CPEO-BIF] International Harvester site, Canton, Illinois

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Ideas flow for IH site at brownfield planning session

By JOHN FROEHLING
Canton Daily Ledger (IL)
February 20, 2008

A noon-hour brainstorming session to work on developing a vision for the 
old International Harvester site was held Tuesday at the Historic Depot 
in Canton.

...

Heinze asked what the objective should be for the IH site -- to bring in 
new money, create new jobs, increase TIF (tax increment finance) 
district income, improve the appearance of the area?

Ritschel said as a newcomer, he viewed the site as an eyesore, like a 
bombed-out area. A newcomer might wonder how long it has been this way 
and when it might change. He added this is probably a touchy subject for 
some long-time local residents.


...

For the entire article, see
http://www.cantondailyledger.com/articles/2008/02/20/news/news03.txt

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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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