[CPEO-BIF] Powhatan Place, Ranson, West Virginia

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Ranson dedicates Powhatan Place

By RICHARD F. BELISLE
Hagerstown Herald Mail (MD)
November 18, 2010

RANSON, W.VA. — Ranson city fathers broke ground on a vision Thursday — 
a vision they call Powhatan Place, a five-acre plot that is now a 
fenced-in brownfield left from an abandoned factory.

Undaunted, Mayor A. David Hamill and the City Council are determined to 
redevelop the site into a “walkable” mix of new uses, from residential 
units to commercial and retail ventures framed by green space and parks.

The three-block area runs between Seventh and Beltline avenues from 
Preston Street to the Norfolk Southern rail line, Hamill said at the 
ground-breaking ceremony held inside one of the former Kidde Fire 
Fighting Inc. buildings, which also was once the Powhatan Brass & Iron 
Works.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.herald-mail.com/?cmd=displaystory&story_id=257006&format=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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