From: | Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org> |
Date: | Fri, 8 May 2009 09:36:20 -0700 (PDT) |
Reply: | cpeo-brownfields |
Subject: | [CPEO-BIF] Federal money for Michigan |
Michigan car dealers, suppliers will get loans from U.S., auto recovery
chief announces
Mark Hornbeck Detroit News (MI) May 7, 2009Grand Rapids -- President Barack Obama's auto industry recovery czar launched a two-day trip to auto-downturn-ravaged Michigan today and announced an expanded loan program that will aid state auto dealers and suppliers and give more than $10 million to Michigan for the redevelopment of old manufacturing sites. ...Montgomery also announced $10.3 million in new funding for cleanup and reuse of old industrial sites. He said it's the largest amount for brownfields redevelopment available to any state. The money will come from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and will help communities to clean up sites known as brownfields, which may be contaminated by hazardous chemicals or pollutants. ... For the entire article, see http://www.detnews.com/article/20090507/METRO/905070463/1361/Auto-recovery-leader-announces-$10M-for-brownfield-redevelopment -- 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> http://www.cpeo.org _______________________________________________ Brownfields mailing list Brownfields@lists.cpeo.org http://lists.cpeo.org/listinfo.cgi/brownfields-cpeo.org | |
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