[CPEO-BIF] Boynton Beach, Florida

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Brownfield designation may help Boynton's CRA area
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By MITRA MALEK
Palm Beach Post
April 20, 2008

BOYNTON BEACH - Lloyd Powell spends weekday afternoons watching traffic 
roll past his floral shop on Federal Highway. Sometimes he counts 
boxcars that pass on the rails beyond the road.

It wasn't so slow when he opened nearly three decades ago. He'd be happy 
to sell and move on, but no one's nibbling.

A brownfield designation Boynton Beach is seeking for its Community 
Redevelopment Agency area could help.

The city commission on Tuesday directed staff to sketch a map for the 
designation, which is limited to commercial and industrial properties, 
along with residential redevelopment projects. Commissioners expect to 
vote on the designation within the next few months.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/localnews/content/south/epaper/2008/04/20/0420boyntonbrownfield.html

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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
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