[CPEO-BIF] Utica, New York editorial

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Coordinate on brownfield development

Editorial
Utica Observer-Dispatch (NY)
July 19, 2008

At first glance, it appears to be happy news that the former Bossert 
Manufacturing site along the North/South Arterial has been deemed safe 
by New York state.

But it puts in the spotlight a very important question that local, 
regional and state leaders need to answer: How can the Mohawk Valley 
succeed in finding new jobs and commerce for such “brownfield” 
locations? The likely answer: Only with a truly sophisticated marketing 
approach and great coordination among economic-development agencies can 
these sites be brought back to life.

Brownfields are former factory sites. Since the Utica-Rome-Herkimer area 
was a cradle of the Industrial Revolution, our region is home to dozens 
of them.

Many, including Bossert and Rome Cable, sit in advantageous locations 
close to key highways. Once cleared of toxic waste, some of them open up 
newly developable land in cities and villages that are otherwise short 
of large vacant parcels.

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For the entire editorial, see
http://www.uticaod.com/viewpoints/x2050102431/Editorial-Coordinate-on-brownfield-development

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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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