[CPEO-BIF] Gaylord (MI) concrete recycling proposal for old dump

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Reclaiming old dump: Gaylord Brownfield may become site for concrete 
recycling business

By Chris Engle
Gaylord Herald Times
October 17, 2008

GAYLORD - Elmer's Crane and Dozer will invest $1.3 million and create 10 
new jobs in Gaylord if plans for expanding its business go through.

Additionally, the city's former landfill on Milbocker Road could see a 
new life as the site of Elmer's expansion of its concrete recycling 
operations and new taxes could be generated on a site that's currently 
generating none.

Elmer's Crane and Dozer of Traverse City gained the support of local 
governments for the redevelopment project and made a loan application 
this week to the Michigan Dept. of Environmental Quality (DEQ) and has 
plans to purchase the approximately 40-acre lot from the city.

The Otsego County Brownfield Redevelopment Authority (OCBRA) made the 
application for the loan, which "will finance the environmental 
investigations that need to be done in order for Elmer's to move on with 
their project," according to Jeff Ratcliffe of the OCBRA.

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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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