[CPEO-BIF] Chardon Rubber site, Chardon, Ohio

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Chardon Rubber site cleanup complete, new jobs being added

By Betsy Scott

News-Herald (OH)
July 25, 2012

New life continues to emerge from the rubble of one of Chardonâs  
manufacturing landmarks.

Brownfield remediation and renovations are complete at Chardon Custom  
Polymers, 373 Washington St., - once home to Chardon Rubber Co. - and  
business is humming along.



"We've picked up quite a bit," company President Marian K. DeVoe  
said. "Employment's grown from 14 employees two years ago to 20  
employees today and we are still interviewing for additional positions."

Job creation was a component of the $2 million redevelopment project  
that netted a $1.4 million Clean Ohio Revitalization Fund grant. The  
project is anticipated to result in about 50 new jobs within five  
years, $45,000 in income tax revenue and a net increase of $2 million  
in property value.

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For the entire article, see
http://news-herald.com/articles/2012/07/25/news/ 
doc500ed60346895750377546.txt

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope Street, Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650-961-8918 or 650-969-1545
Fax: 650-961-8918
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