[CPEO-BIF] Adrian, Michigan - another creative definition of brownfields

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

McDonald's move cleared

By Autumn Lee and Dan Cherry
Adrian Daily Telegram
September 18, 2008

ADRIAN, Mich. -

The Adrian City Commission on Monday approved a brownfield plan for 
constructing a new fast-food restaurant at the corner of U.S. 223 and M-52.

The former Oriental Springs restaurant at 1080 E. U.S. 223 was once home 
to Bummie's restaurant, and the property owner, Baumgartner LLC, has 
been working with the McDonald's on South Main Street in Adrian to 
redevelop the 1.7-acre property into a modern fast-food facility. 
Operations will shift to the new building upon completion, which could 
come as soon as late November.

Because of Adrian's status as a "core city," the definition of what 
constitutes a brownfield site has been expanded to include a property 
with a functionally obsolete structure, city administrator Dane Nelson 
said Wednesday. Core-city status is typically administered by the state 
to county seats, such as Adrian, based on demographics.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.lenconnect.com/news/x993967229/McDonald-s-move-cleared

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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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