[CPEO-BIF] Citizens want a role in Columbus, Mississippi

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Citizens at public hearing: Involve entire community in grant  
discussions

DEVIN GOLDEN
Columbus Dispatch (MS)
SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

Citizens want to involve the entire community in deciding which city  
properties will be considered for a redevelopment assessment grant.

It was the first public meeting concerning the Environmental  
Protection Agency's Brownfields Assessment Grant the city plans to  
apply for. And citizens who attended Wednesday reached one consensus:  
The entire community should be apart of the discussion on which  
properties are of interest for potential development.
"We have to communicate with people on all different levels," Susie  
Shelton of Columbus said.

The Rev. Steve Jamison, pastor of Maranatha Faith Center in Columbus,  
proposed using churches to reach the African-American communities.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.cdispatch.com/news/article.asp?aid=12897

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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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