[CPEO-BIF] Former Gardner building, Horicon, Wisconsin

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Former Gardner building nearing demolition

By MEGAN SHERIDAN
Beaver Dam Daily Citizen (WI)
November 18, 2010

HORICON - The Horicon City Council approved additional funding and a 
contractor to tear down the former Gardner Mfg. building, 253 Kansas St.

The city approved approximately $30,000 from the general fund to go 
toward demolishing the building which will cost a total of $99,136. The 
cost of demolition is high due to lead paint covering the building.

"The quotes came in higher than originally estimated so there's an 
unfunded amount," Mayor Jim Grigg said.

The city was awarded $100,000 in a Brownfield Grant in March and a 
$30,000 Brownfield grant in 2009 both was used up to clean up the site.

"Unfortunately the building is in such disrepair; financially it didn't 
make sense to bring the building up to code." Grigg said....


For the entire article, see
http://www.wiscnews.com/bdc/news/local/article_314c1b32-f39c-11df-b525-001cc4c002e0.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
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