[CPEO-BIF] Textron site, Wilmington, Ohio

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Site set for demo, cleanup

GARY HUFFENBERGER

Wilmington News-Journal (OH)
March 23, 2011

An official groundbreaking was held Wednesday for the upcoming  
demolition and remediation activities at the former Textron site on  
Nelson Avenue in Wilmington.
The Clean Ohio Revitalization Fund (CORF) project in the city was  
called by Wilmington Mayor David Raizk as "the poster child" for  
CORF's statewide program in brownfield revitalization. Brownfield  
revitalization involves cleaning up brownfields to encourage  
redevelopment and to revitalize communities.

...

In July 2010, the state awarded the city of Wilmington a $1.85  
million brownfield revitalization grant, enabling the acquisition and  
cleanup of the vacated Kautex Textron property. Kautex Textron shut  
down operations in summer 2009.

Some of the existing structures on the site will be demolished, and  
any contaminated soil or groundwater at the former industrial site  
will be cleaned up.


...

For the entire article, see
http://www.wnewsj.com/main.asp? 
SectionID=49&SubSectionID=156&ArticleID=188673


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Lenny Siegel
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