[CPEO-BIF] F.L. Smidth site, Catasauqua, Pennsylvania

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Catasauqua moves on developing brownfield site

Council seeks consultants to help figure out plan for former F.L.  
Smidth plant.

By Brenda Lange,
ALLENTOWN MORNING CALL (PA)
April 6, 2011

Catasauqua Council on Monday took another step toward acquiring prime  
borough property by agreeing to interview planning consultants to  
devise a master plan for the F.L. Smidth site.

According to Borough Manager Gene Goldfeder, Catasauqua will split  
the project's $30,000 cost with Lehigh County. The borough and county  
have been working together to develop the brownfield site for more  
than a year. In addition to the $900,000 purchase price tag, one  
building requires asbestos remediation and the other rbuildings would  
need to be razed.

Even if the borough does not buy the land — and officials continue to  
hammer out details of the purchase price and other terms — council  
members want to have a plan for how they would like the property to  
be developed.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.mcall.com/news/local/mc-catasauqua-smidth- 
property-20110406,0,4416378.story

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope Street, Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650-961-8918 or 650-969-1545
Fax: 650-961-8918
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