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[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Aldermen take step toward development of North Olean land

By John T. Eberth
Olean Times Herald (NY)
August 21, 2008

OLEAN - Nearly 500 acres of former industrial land in North Olean and 
the town of Olean along Interstate 86 are one step closer to being 
developed.

Common Council members have agreed to apply for a Step 2 Nomination 
Phase Study for Olean's Brownfield Opportunity Area (BOA) program.

If Olean is successful, the city will receive a grant for around 
$300,000 to develop a plan to bring new businesses to the land.

Olean is one of only six communities in the state that has completed the 
first phase of the BOA program.

In 2003 and 2004, former Mayor William Quinlan pushed Olean to join New 
York's BOA program to test the land for industrial contamination, 
cleanup any that was found, and make the area ready for redevelopment.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.oleantimesherald.com/articles/2008/08/21/news/doc48ad86226d299872793318.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
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