[CPEO-BIF] Ensley Works site, Birmingham, Alabama

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Interest in old Ensley Works renews as industrial site

By Michael Tomberlin
Birmingham News (AL)
March 21, 2010


The decaying smokestacks that stand as a reminder of the 600-acre former 
Ensley Works' once glorious past today cast a pall over the community in 
need of jobs, investment and opportunity.

With the city running out of industrial sites, Ensley Works is getting a 
fresh look from Birmingham's new mayor.

"We are in dire need of expanded industrial space," Mayor William Bell 
said in an interview. "We are re-visiting the old Ensley Steel site."

Bell's hopes could be gaining steam with a railroad renaissance taking 
place in Birmingham and across the country. Federal money available for 
any needed environmental cleanup could also stoke the fire for finally 
tackling the Ensley Works.

...

For the entire article, see
http://blog.al.com/businessnews/2010/03/interest_in_old_ensley_works_r.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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