[CPEO-BIF] Midwest Services, Middletown, Ohio

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Brownfield cleanup paves way for 25 jobs

By Ed Richter,
Middletown Journal (OH)
August 1, 2009

MIDDLETOWN - Approval of a contractor to oversee a brownfield industrial 
cleanup site is the latest step toward creating about 25 new jobs that 
would bring an additional $1 million in payroll for a Middletown company.

Midwest Service, which provides services and rubber covers for the paper 
and metals industries, has invested $2.2 million since 2007 at its Clark 
Street location, and has plans to expand over the next two years.

"Midwest Services is a success story for two reasons. No. 1, we received 
a brownfield grant to demolish a significant portion of the existing 
facility that will allow them to expand to meet their current needs. And 
No. 2, they are expanding their employee base, so this is a real success 
story all the way around and we are very, very proud of this project," 
said Don Brown, plant manager.
...

For the entire article, see
http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/middletown-business-news/brownfield-cleanup-paves-way-for-25brownfield-cleanup-paves-way-for-25-jobs-230939.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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