[CPEO-BIF] Old Gaylord dump, Michigan

[lsiegel at cpeo.org (Lenny Siegel)]

$492,550 state loan enables redevelopment of old Gaylord dump

By Chris Engle
Gaylord Herald Times (MI)
January 23, 2009

GAYLORD -- The Michigan Dept. of Environmental Quality has awarded a 
$492,550 Clean Michigan Initiative Brownfield Redevelopment Loan to the 
Elmer's Crane and Dozer Redevelopment Project.

Traverse City-based Elmer's plans to invest $1.3 million to build a 
concrete recycling facility on a 40-acre portion of a former landfill -- 
now part of Gaylord's Milbocker Road industrial park -- deemed 
"brownfield" because of its past use as a household garbage dump.

The Otsego County Brownfield Redevelopment Authority (OCBRA) applied for 
the loan in October to generate funds to cover the cost of environmental 
assessments of the property; defining the risks associated with 
developing the property; installing topsoil as barrier above 
contaminants; and relocating some waste to another landfill during 
development.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.gaylordheraldtimes.com/articles/2009/01/23/news/top_stories/doc497a1e0c7069b908567699.txt

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Lenny Siegel
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a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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