[CPEO-BIF] Phoenix Commercial Park, Alachua County, Florida

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Commission OKs brownfield site for commercial park
The battery plant once operated on the site may also reopen.

By Cindy Swirko
Gainesville Sun (FL)
April 29, 2009

A brownfield designation that will enable new green energy businesses to 
locate in a commercial park at the site of the former battery plant on 
U.S. 441 near Alachua was given by the Alachua County Commission Tuesday 
night.

The designation was sought by the Phoenix Commercial Park, where Planar 
Energy Devices, an Orlando-based battery maker, wants to add an 
estimated 150 to 200 high-tech jobs.

Commissioners also voted to grant Planar tax credits of $192,500 pending 
the creation of jobs.

...

Officials said that it appears contamination no longer exists on the 
Phoenix site, but a small amount may remain on an adjacent parcel.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.gainesville.com/article/20090429/ARTICLES/904291001/1002?Title=Commission-OKs-brownfield-site-for-commercial-park-

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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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