[CPEO-BIF] Vigoro fertilizer site, Winter Haven, Florida

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Winter Haven Commission Moves Ahead with U.S. 17 Redevelopment Effort
Winter Haven plans to establish a designated brownfield area.

By DONNA KELLY
Lakeland Ledger (FL)
March 17, 2010

WINTER HAVEN - The city of Winter Haven is taking steps to transform an 
eyesore along U.S. 17 into an attractive gateway into the city.

The city wants to establish the Chain of Lakes Redevelopment Incentive 
District, a proposed designated brownfield area.

The area is about 158 acres east and west of U.S. 17, east of Lake Shipp 
and south of Avenue O Southwest. It contains the old Vigoro fertilizer 
plant to the west and the city's Chain O'Lakes Complex to the east.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.theledger.com/article/20100317/NEWS/3175082/1338


See also an earlier article at
http://www.theledger.com/article/20100313/NEWS/3135055

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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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