Re: [CPEO-BIF] Energy-Efficient homes, Ingham County, Michigan

["Schnapf, Lawrence" <Lawrence.Schnapf@srz.com>]

Michigan has always had a very liberal definition of brownfield-even
college dorms with asbestos or LBP qualified for funding. that's one
reason they ran out of money. Then again, if your definition of
brownfield includes "obsolescence"..... 

Larry 

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[mailto:brownfields-bounces@lists.cpeo.org] On Behalf Of Lenny Siegel
Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2009 1:42 PM
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Subject: [CPEO-BIF] Energy-Efficient homes, Ingham County, Michigan

[Sounds like a good idea, but are they really brownfields? - LS]

Ingham turning brownfields into energy efficient homes

by Joe Vaillancourt
Capital News Service (MI)
April 24, 2009

LANSING - Record unemployment rates and a dire economy have left some 
Michigan industrial sites empty and contaminated with chemicals.

The Ingham County Brownfield Redevelopment Authority (ICBRA) and the 
Ingham County Land Bank, however, are using resources to turn 
once-undesirable locations into environmentally friendly homes.

"Given the housing situation, the ICBRA is critical," said Land Bank 
chair Eric Schertzing. "The Land Bank is only 3 years old. We've built 
or renovated a couple of dozen houses already."

He said the organizations are successful because the county widened the 
"brownfield parcel" concept.

...

For the entire article, see
http://blog.mlive.com/cns/2009/04/ingham_turning_brownfields_int.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
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