[CPEO-BIF] St. Joseph Hospital site, Kirkwood, Missouri

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Tax Credits Sought To Clean Up St. Joe Site

by Anna Forder
Webster-Kirkwood Times (MO)
July 3, 2009

The Kirkwood City Council on June 18 agreed to apply for economic 
assistance through a state program to help with clean-up costs of the 
former St. Joseph Hospital site.

The Brownfield Redevelopment Program encourages redevelopment of 
commercial and industrial sites that are contaminated with hazardous 
substances and have been under-utilized for at least three years.

Kirkwood residents living near the former St. Joseph Hospital at 525 
Couch Ave. spoke to the council in May with concerns about hazardous 
chemicals at the location. They requested that testing be done and that 
soil contaminated by chemicals used at the hospital re removed....

For the entire article, see
http://www.websterkirkwoodtimes.com/Articles-i-2009-07-03-165787.113118_Tax_Credits_Sought_To_Clean_Up_St_Joe_Site.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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