[CPEO-BIF] "Gulfport’s clean sweep" (Mississippi)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Gulfport’s clean sweep
Downtown renovations continue with cleaning up contaminated property

By ANITA LEE
Sun-Herald (MS)
October 31, 2011


GULFPORT -- Now that downtown historic storefronts have been  
renovated, drawing new tenants and customers, the city’s Main Street  
director is turning her attention to vacant lots potentially  
contaminated by petroleum or hazardous chemicals.

The city wants to identify and assess contaminated properties that  
can be returned to productivity, generating jobs and tax revenue.

“This is just another facet of economic development,” said Lisa  
Bradley, executive director of Gulfport Main Street. “We have only so  
much land available in the city for development.”

Gulfport has received $400,000 in grants for the assessments. Bradley  
said proposals have been solicited for a consultant to identify and  
test the sites. An advisory panel will hold public meetings to help  
decide which sites should be tested.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.sunherald.com/2011/10/31/3544185/gulfports-clean-sweep.html

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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>
http://www.cpeo.org

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