[CPEO-BIF] Downtown Hastings, Michigan

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Hastings seeks state OK of tax money for cleanup project

by Erin Albanese
The Grand Rapids Press
September 22, 2008

HASTINGS -- The city is seeking state approval of $221,125 in local and 
school tax-captures for redevelopment of a brownfield site poised to 
become a downtown Hastings gateway.

City representatives planned to meet with Michigan Economic Growth 
Authority officials today for consideration of a work-plan request for 
the site, which is bounded by Park and Apple, Broadway and State streets.

Already approved by the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality is 
$397,900 in brownfield tax-increment financing for environmental work, 
including contaminant cleanup.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.mlive.com/grpress/business/index.ssf/2008/09/hastings_seeks_state_ok_of_tax.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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