[CPEO-BIF] New York legislature asked to approve Brownfield Opportunity Areas funding (& new NPCR report)

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Legislature asked to act on brownfield funding


By Veronica Lewin
Legislative Gazette (NY)
June 13, 2011

Former brownfield communities revitalized by state funding are  
calling on state leaders to approve funding for other communities in  
need.

According to a report issued by New Partners For Community  
Revitalization Inc, the $34 million in grants already awarded through  
the state Brownfield Opportunity Areas Program will result in 833 pre- 
development jobs and between 275 and 455 post-development jobs for  
each brownfield area. The program also attracts business investment  
in these communities that seek to find new uses for brownfields,  
which the state describes as "abandoned and likely contaminated  
properties that threaten the health and vitality of the communities  
they burden."

"We're excited today to release our report which has identified that  
the Brownfield Opportunity … Program is, in fact, a significant  
generator of jobs," said New Partners Executive Director Jody Kass.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.legislativegazette.com/Articles-c-2011-06-13-78270.113122- 
Legislature-asked-to-act-on-brownfield-funding.html

For the new report described in the article, go to
http://www.npcr.net/about_brownfields/JobsReportFINAL.pdf

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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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