From: | Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org> |
Date: | Mon, 8 Nov 2010 23:53:16 -0800 (PST) |
Reply: | cpeo-brownfields |
Subject: | [CPEO-BIF] Saginaw, Michigan "Green Zone" |
EPA to assist Saginaw developers with northeast 'Green Zone' Justin L. Engel Saginaw News (MI) November 8, 2010SAGINAW -- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency officials will help City Hall officials redevelop a northeast portion of the city as a "Green Zone." Cindy Winland, a Saginaw County Brownfield Authority coordinator, told the Saginaw City Council today that the city is one of eight recipients targeted for EPA assistance. While Saginaw won't receive funds, the community will receive "brains" in the form of EPA advisers, she said. Winland said EPA official will travel to Saginaw to help developers initiate a 10-year plan to transform a blighted corner of the city near the former First Ward into a "Green Zone," featuring trees and plants in place of a housing zone once dedicated largely to General Motors workers. ... For the entire article, see http://www.mlive.com/news/saginaw/index.ssf/2010/11/epa_to_assist_saginaw_develope.html -- 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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