[CPEO-BIF] Prince George's County, Maryland mulls tax credits

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Prince George's mulls tax credits for use of 'brownfield' land
Incentive to build on potentially hazardous sites may be offered

by Daniel Valentine
Business Gazette (Gaithersburg, MD)
September 19, 2008

Drive along parts of Sheriff Road into Fairmount Heights in Prince 
George's County, and it's obvious some properties need an overhaul.

At the intersection of K Street, the corner of a half-demolished 
building is surrounded by a fence and overrun with weeds. A few blocks 
ahead, an abandoned building sits with rusty bars on its door and window 
with the word "COFFEE" written on the roof.

For communities and developers, older abandoned sites such as these are 
often some of the hardest to turn around. Questions of pollution, 
required environmental reviews and other development hurdles frequently 
make prospective developers shy away.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.gazette.net/stories/09192008/businew202211_32488.shtml

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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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