From: | Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org> |
Date: | Sat, 27 Nov 2010 00:46:44 -0800 (PST) |
Reply: | cpeo-brownfields |
Subject: | [CPEO-BIF] Whirlpool site, Oxford, Mississippi |
Whirlpool plant sale in Oxford a local lesson? by RICK NORTON Cleveland Daily Banner (TN) November 25, 2010A former Whirlpool cooking products plant in Oxford, Miss., whose March 2009 closure affirmed the company's continued presence in Cleveland, has been sold to the University of Mississippi for $3.4 million. The manufacturing facility sits on a 69-acre tract adjacent to the college campus. Although many felt the college was a logical buyer for the facility, other economic development officials had hoped another manufacturer might be interested in order to create new jobs and expand the tax base. Regional news outlets quoting Larry Sparks, vice chancellor for finance and administration at the university, reported the school doesn't have immediate plans for the site but the long-term vision for the manufacturing facility is another matter. ... For the entire article, see http://www.clevelandbanner.com/view/full_story/10447153/article-Whirlpool-plant-sale-in-Oxford-a-local-lesson-?instance=homefirstleft -- 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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