[CPEO-BIF] Binghamton editorial supports New York state Brownfields progrm

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

New use for old sites

Editorial
Binghamton Press and Sun-Bulletin
February 7, 2010


Brownfields. The name alone makes these pieces of polluted and sometimes 
abandoned properties a curse to many upstate cities where manufacturing 
was once king.

Yet there is hope and an abundance of examples that support efforts to 
make old and dirty sites new and clean. Through the state's Brownfield 
Cleanup Program and its tax incentives, developers and companies are 
less likely to be scared away from land that was once considered beyond 
reclamation.

It is a program that, even in the face of steep budget cuts, should be 
protected because of its ability to leverage economic development and 
jobs for areas.

One of the more prominent examples was cited in a recent Department of 
Environmental Conservation list of cleanup projects completed last year. 
At the top of the list was the southern section of an Endicott Johnson 
site in Johnson City. The 17-acre plot is scheduled to open later this 
year as a Walmart, creating a badly needed newcomer to Johnson City 
commerce.

It is near another reclaimed brownfield that houses the printing site 
for three Gannett newspapers in the region, including this newspaper.


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For the entire editorial
http://www.pressconnects.com/article/20100207/VIEWPOINTS01/2070331/1120/New-use-for-old-sites

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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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