[CPEO-BIF] Ithaca Gun, Ithaca, New York

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Ithaca Gun cleanup aid OK'd

Debris piles could be gone by mid-March, engineer says

By Krisy Gashler
Ithaca Journal (NY)
January 21, 2010


Redevelopment plans at Ithaca Gun got a shot in the arm Thursday when a 
state oversight board agreed to give $420,000 more toward site cleanup.

The board of directors of Empire State Development Corp. voted 
unanimously Thursday to reallocate money within a $2.3 million Restore 
NY grant, as requested by Ithaca's Common Council in August.

The original grant, approved in April 2008, gave $1.46 million to help 
demolish and clean up the asbestos- and lead-laden former gun factory 
site between Lake Street and Ithaca Falls. Another $840,000 was meant to 
subsidize redevelopment of the site into high-end townhouse condominiums.



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For the entire article, see
http://www.theithacajournal.com/article/20100121/NEWS01/1210367/Ithaca-Gun-cleanup-aid-OK-d

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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
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