[CPEO-BIF] [Fwd: Re: Former Morton Health Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma]

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

From: 	johnwearusa@netscape.net



Needs to be done, perpetually.  I was involved some, as city planner &
code enforcement...  We can lead the way as to more of such.
Some projects presently approved and moving forward on Rippy Road,
Gulfport MS, Biloxi, and possibly Ocean Springs. MS.  jw

John Wear, President

TRIDENT ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES & TECHNOLOGIES, Inc.
P.O. BOX 4123
GULFPORT, MISSISSIPPI 39502
(ROOTZONE HUMUS)



-----Original Message-----
From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
To: Brownfields Internet Forum <brownfields@lists.cpeo.org>
Sent: Sat, Feb 12, 2011 11:40 am
Subject: [CPEO-BIF] Former Morton Health Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma

[When CPEO organized a workshop in Biloxi, Mississippi, we learned of
brownfields projects in Mississippi and Florida that were preserving
buildings significant to African-American history. I'd be interested in
hearing of other, similar examples. How widespread is this? - LS]

Clean up coming for brownfields in Tulsa

By Sara Goldenberg
KJRH TV-2 News (Tulsa, OK)
February 11, 2011

TULSA - Two abandoned properties in Tulsa contaminated by hazardous
chemicals will get another chance.

....

After the race riots, a hospital opened in north Tulsa. It became a
symbol of hope for many.

"In 1921 there was no hospital that blacks could go to. And so that's
why the hospital was established," said Carol Thompkins, development
director at Morton Comprehensive Health Services.

...

A $200,000 grant to the city of Tulsa from the Oklahoma Department of
Environmental Quality will give the historic building another chance.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.kjrh.com/dpp/news/local_news/clean-up-coming-for-brownfields-in-tulsa 


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Lenny Siegel
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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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