[CPEO-BIF] Eau Gallie redevelopment board, Melbourne, Florida

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Eau Gallie board changes stance on brownfield plan

Officials hope designation will be economic aid

BY SUSANNE CERVENKA
FLORIDA TODAY
August 18, 2008



MELBOURNE -- The board of one of Melbourne's three redevelopment areas 
switched its position on the city's "brownfield" initiative, now backing 
the plan.

The Eau Gallie redevelopment board unanimously voted to support the 
plan, dubbed the Melbourne Economic Enhancement District.

The Eau Gallie board initially voted to exclude itself from the plan 
that would encompass 9.5 square miles of the city.

Florida designates brownfields as areas affected by actual or perceived 
contamination. But while the name offends some, the brownfield 
designation can be a lucrative economic tool.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.floridatoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080818/NEWS01/808180324/1006

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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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