[CPEO-BIF] Visioning the former Chevorlet site in Muncie, Indiana

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Future of 70-acre former Chevorlet site in Muncie to be determined

By KEITH ROYSDON
Muncie Star press (IN)
February 9, 2011

MUNCIE -- Closed in 2006, demolished in 2008, reborn in 2011: Could the 
70-acre site of Muncie's former Chevrolet plant see a new spark of life 
as a minor-league ballpark, business incubator or fairgrounds?

Neighbors, local officials and the curious gathered Tuesday in two 
"visioning and planning" sessions to talk about the best use for the 
near-downtown site, which anchored Muncie's manufacturing community 
since the early 1900s.

In the first session, about 50 participants broke into small groups and 
brainstormed ideas that ranged from industrial uses to parks to a mix of 
commercial and educational.

There was little suggestion of residential use, because although the 
former Chevy site is squarely in a densely-populated area along Eighth 
Street west of downtown, contamination from nearly a century of industry 
at the location all but rules out new homes.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.thestarpress.com/article/20110209/BUSINESS/102090307

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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>
http://www.cpeo.org



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