[CPEO-BIF] DeKorne Furniture and Grand Rapids Lighting, Kentwood, Michigan

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Kentwood OKs first brownfield redevelopment project

by Julie Makarewicz
The Grand Rapids Press (MI)
September 10, 2008

KENTWOOD -- Redevelopment of property at the high-traffic intersection 
of 28th Street and the East Beltline has become the first approved 
"brownfield" site in Kentwood.

"We felt this is a good way for us to get our feet wet and see how this 
brownfield works out," said Kentwood City Commissioner Richard Clanton, 
who also is a member of the Economic Development Commission reviewing 
the project.

The site at the southeast corner is empty. Two buildings, formerly home 
to DeKorne Furniture and Grand Rapids Lighting, were demolished this 
summer after being vacant for five years.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.mlive.com/grpress/business/index.ssf/2008/09/kentwood_oks_first_brownfield.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
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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