[CPEO-BIF] Shepherdstown Public Library, West Virginia

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

To Build...Or Not to Build?
Resident disapproval over new library site continues

By Rachel Molenda
Martinsburg Journal (WV)
July 15, 2012

SHEPHERDSTOWN - Concerns mount as plans for the new location of the  
Shepherdstown Public Library continue to develop. Some members of the  
community are worried that the library leaving its iconic downtown  
location will hurt the community.

...
The SPL has selected a 4 -acre parcel just beyond the Clarion Hotel  
along W.Va. 480, which is a designated brownfield.

...

In the case of the Shepherdstown brownfield, it was used as a dump  
for household refuse such as appliances and old tires for 15 years,  
from 1954 to 1969. The cost to clean up the brownfield is an  
estimated $681,000 in the "worst-case scenario," said Hali Taylor,  
director of the SPL.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.journal-news.net/page/content.detail/id/581785/To-Build--- 
Or-Not-to-Build-.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
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