[CPEO-BIF] "Lake County [Illinois] cleanup funds could be shifted to housing assistance"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Lake County cleanup funds could be shifted to housing assistance

By Amy Alderman
Chicago Tribune
April 1, 2012

Funds for a nearly defunct program formed to clean up blighted or  
abandoned sites in Lake County could be shifted to help those in need  
of housing assistance, according to county officials.

Too many projects weren't completed through the Lake County  
Brownfield Program, leaving money sitting in the county's coffers,  
officials said.

The Lake County Board created the local brownfield program in 2000 to  
help municipalities and townships with cleaning up abandoned sites or  
underused facilities that are environmentally contaminated, according  
to county documents.

"The original intent was to provide funding to shovel-ready sites  
that would spur economic development," said Dusty Powell, Lake County  
zoning administrator. "I think that philosophy went by the wayside."

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-met-lake-county- 
brownfield-20120401,0,4307098.story

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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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