[CPEO-BIF] Kenneth Smith Golf Club Manufacturing property, Shawnee, Kansas

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Public meeting to be scheduled concerning cleanup of historic Kenneth 
Smith property

Staff Report
Shawnee Dispatch (KS)
January 28, 2010

A public meeting will be scheduled to discuss clean up efforts at the 
former Kenneth Smith Golf Club Manufacturing property, 12831 W. 71st St.

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment has asked the owners of 
the property, the Eva S. Smith Revocable Trust, to go through a 
Voluntary Cleanup and Redevelopment Program after finding metal 
contamination at the site. Residents surrounding the property discovered 
a public notice concerning the cleanup plan and the state is now working 
to schedule an informational meeting in February.

Kenneth Smith Golf Clubs were produced from 1936 to 2003 at the site, 
earning their fame because they were not mass-produced; each set was 
unique, made to each client's specifications. Those clients included the 
rich and famous -- Bob Hope, Sammy Davis Jr. and Mickey Mantle, as well 
as presidents like Lyndon B. Johnson and Dwight D. Eisenhower and 
royalty like the King of Morocco, Hassan II.

In late 2004, the city approved rezoning the property from residential 
suburban to single family residential for Rodrock Development's Fairway 
Park, an 86-lot single-family subdivision. The development would require 
the destruction of the buildings on the property.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.shawneedispatch.com/news/2010/jan/28/public-meeting-be-scheduled-concerning-cleanup-his/

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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>
http://www.cpeo.org



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