[CPEO-BIF] Dilapidated properties, Fairmont, West Virginia

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Officials hope to rejuvenate old buildings


By Ben Conley, Morgantown Dominion Post (WV)
Associated Press/Charleston Daily Mail (WV)
January 31, 2011

Fairmont city officials are studying ways to return two old dilapidated 
properties to the thriving community centers they once were, thanks to 
funding from the 2011 FOCUS WV Brownfields program.

The downtown Masonic Temple building on Jefferson Street will undergo 
testing for dangerous materials, such as mold and asbestos, before 
preliminary planning can begin, while revitalization efforts will 
continue at the YMCA building on Fairmont Avenue.

FOCUS, which stands for Foundation for Overcoming Challenges and 
Utilizing Strengths, is funded by the Claude Worthington Benedum 
Foundation and aims to provide funding and analyais tools to address 
barriers to redeveloping brownfield sites. A browfield site is an 
abandoned or underutilized property where redevelompnent or reuse is 
hindered by real or perceived presence of a hazardous substance, 
pollutant or cantaminant.



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For the entire article, see
http://www.dailymail.com/ap/ApTopStories/201101310461

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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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