[CPEO-BIF] New York state Spotlight Commununities

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

News from New York State Department of State

'Spotlight Communities' Initiative

ALBANY, NY (11/17/2008; 1602)(readMedia)-- Governor David A. Paterson 
and Secretary of State Lorraine Cortés-Vázquez announced today the 
Brownfields Smart Growth Spotlight Communities Initiative. This 
initiative links communities participating in the state's Brownfield 
Opportunity Areas (BOA) Program with the Governor's Smart Growth 
Cabinet. This state-local partnership will demonstrate how existing 
state programs can support and complement local efforts to redevelop 
brownfields and simultaneously achieve neighborhood revitalization and 
smart growth objectives.

The Brownfields Smart Growth Spotlight Communities Initiative will start 
by addressing the needs and revitalization objectives of areas affected 
by brownfields in the South Bronx; Wyandanch, in the Town of Babylon, on 
Long Island; and South Buffalo. This initiative will serve to establish 
effective practices and techniques that will be transferable to and 
benefit other communities participating in the BOA Program. This will be 
achieved through a series of forums involving the spotlight communities 
and representatives from the Smart Growth Cabinet.

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For the entire press release, see
http://readme.readmedia.com/news/show/Department-of-State-Announces-Brownfields-Smart-Growth/306421

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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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