[CPEO-BIF] LaBour Pump Company site, Elkhart, IN

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Neighbors of decaying Elkhart industrial site hope to see it go


By Ed Ernstes
WSBT TV 22 News (IN)
February 16, 2010

ELKHART ‒ Officials are hoping to demolish one of most dilapidated 
industrial sites in the city. Neighbors complained about the vacant site 
for years, saying it poses health and safety concerns.

It is the LaBour Pump Company site, located on Sterling Avenue. Its five 
acres and eight buildings have been vacant for several years. Dwight 
Fish and his neighborhood group have been keeping a close eye on it.

"It's a target for vandalism, and vagrancy and drug-related problems," 
said Fish. "The neighborhood has been concerned with children being 
injured, and the quality of life just being lowered with this blight."


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For the entire story, see
http://www.wsbt.com/news/local/84519387.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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