[CPEO-BIF] Wheland Foundries and U.S. Pipe properties, Chattanooga, Tennessee

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Chattanooga: Brownfield to playing field
Wednesday,


By Mike Pare
Chattanooga Times Free Press (TN)
November 19, 2008

Volkswagen's plan for an assembly plant in Chattanooga could create 
opportunities to help renew the old Wheland Foundries and U.S. Pipe 
properties, one of its owners said.

Michael Mallen, part of a group that bought the 141-acre adjacent tracts 
near downtown, said it's looking at a portion of the combined parcel 
that could involve VW and a research and education facility.

That concept also might include the SimCenter at the University of 
Tennessee at Chattanooga, the businessman said.

"We've got an eye on seeing if those kinds of things might work," Mr. 
Mallen said. "(U.S. Rep.) Zach Wamp has expressed interest in seeing the 
SimCenter at the site."

...

For the entire article, see
http://timesfreepress.com/news/2008/nov/19/chattanooga-brownfield-playing-field/

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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
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