[CPEO-BIF] Cleveland, Tennessee legislation

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Legislation offers redevelopment funding source

by By DAVID DAVIS
Cleveland Banner (TN)
May 29, 2011

The city of Cleveland has been amended into a bill on its way to the  
governor’s desk that will have immediate and positive impact on  
future redevelopment of the existing Whirlpool Cleveland Division  
plant and complex in downtown Cleveland.

House Assistant Majority Leader State Rep. Kevin Brooks cosigned  
House Bill 1554 that stands to benefit Tennesseans and Tennessee  
businesses alike with more high-quality jobs and a stronger Bradley  
County.

The legislation authorizes an industrial development corporation to  
prepare and submit an economic impact plan with respect to an urban  
brownfield. A brownfield is defined as abandoned, idled or  
underutilized industrial and commercial facilities where expansion or  
redevelopment is complicated by real or perceived environmental  
contamination.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.clevelandbanner.com/view/full_story/13484178/article- 
Legislation-offers-redevelopment-funding-source?instance=homefirstleft

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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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