From: | Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com> |
Date: | Sun, 12 Sep 2010 13:40:54 -0700 (PDT) |
Reply: | cpeo-brownfields |
Subject: | [CPEO-BIF] Uniroyal factory site, east riverfront, Detroit, Michigan |
Uniroyal factory cleanup at hand Mayor hails plan as historic for Detroit BY JOHN GALLAGHER Detroit Free Press (MI) September 11, 2010Like the vacant Michigan Central Station, for years, the Uniroyal factory site on Detroit's east riverfront has symbolized the city's inability to recover from decades of abandonment. But that symbol may be coming to an end.Detroit's Brownfield Redevelopment Authority this week approved agreements with three corporations for $15 million-$20 million to clean up the western half of the 40-acre site. Cleanup agreements also are expected soon for the eastern portion. A cleanup of the old industrial site would allow the extension of the Detroit RiverWalk to the MacArthur Bridge to Belle Isle. ... For the entire article, see http://www.freep.com/article/20100911/BUSINESS04/9110387/Uniroyal-factory-cleanup-at-hand -- 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 _______________________________________________ Brownfields mailing list Brownfields@lists.cpeo.org http://lists.cpeo.org/listinfo.cgi/brownfields-cpeo.org | |
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