[CPEO-BIF] Flushing, Queens, NY Brownfield Opportunity Area

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Flushing's future includes cleaning up Brownfields

BY ALANA MANNING

Queens Courier (NY)
October 19, 2011

The Flushing-Willets Point-Corona Local Development Corporation  
(FWCLDC) introduced the community to its new initiative - the  
Brownfield Opportunity Areas (BOA) Program.

The program is a community-driven economic project that will  
revitalize so-called 'brownfields' - any property which would have  
complications with redevelopment or reuse because of the potential  
presence of contamination.

The program would promote greater connectivity and a more seamless  
transition for downtown Flushing and the BOA area, which is about 60  
acres from the Flushing River to Prince Street and Northern Boulevard  
to Roosevelt Avenue.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.queenscourier.com/articles/2011/10/19/news/top_stories/ 
doc4e9f2a727e222921700571.txt

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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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