[CPEO-BIF] Fellsmere, Florida - Brownfields without the name

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Fellsmere manager likes brownfield program, under different name

By Henry A. Stephens
TCPalm (FL)
April 7, 2011

FELLSMERE - City Manager Jason Nunemaker proposed Thursday adopting  
the state's Brownfield Redevelopment Program — but without the  
pollution associations the name often carries.

Instead, he said, the new city program would be called the Fellsmere  
Economic Enhancement District, or FEED, which he said recalls the  
city's agricultural roots.

"I want to get away from the (usual) concept of brownfields," he told  
the City Council.

Designation as a brownfield is most visible as a way to get money  
from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for cleanup and  
management of former waste sites across the country. Gifford leaders  
are exploring this effort.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2011/apr/07/fellsmere-manager-likes- 
brownfield-program-under/

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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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