[CPEO-BIF] Polluter (Meijer) wants to get paid, Grand Rapids, Michigan

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Michigan rejects Brownfield tax credits for 28th Street Meijer store, 
but Grand Rapids may grant project local Brownfield status

Jim Harger
Grand Rapids Press (MI)
June 15, 2009

GRAND RAPIDS -- Calling it a "big box," state economic development 
officials have rejected Meijer Inc.'s bid to get $1.25 million worth of 
Brownfield tax credits for the new store it will build at 28th Street 
and Kalamazoo Avenue SE.

But city Economic Development Director Kara Wood is urging city 
commissioners to declare the site a Brownfield on their own, making it 
eligible for $1.16 million worth of local tax breaks.

Wood will ask commissioners to set a July 7 public hearing on the 
designation when they meet Tuesday.

Meijer spokeswoman Stacie Behler said the Walker-based chain is 
"disappointed" in the Michigan Economic Development Corp.'s (MEDC) 
rejection of its request last week.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2009/06/michigan_rejects_brownsfield_t.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
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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