[CPEO-BIF] New Hampshire: Guay's Garage, Franklin and Ernie’s Auto Sales, Tilton

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Franklin, Tilton granted federal funds to clean up sites

By DAN SEUFERT
Manchester Union Leader (NH)
August 14, 2012

FRANKLIN - The city has received $200,000 in federal cleanup grants  
to deal with the contaminated former Guay's Garage building and  
property on South Main Street, which has been a source of problems  
for city officials for many years.

The neighboring town of Tilton has also received a $200,000 grant to  
clean up a troubled property, the former Ernie's Auto Sales 180 East  
Main St., with the help of U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, who held a press  
conference in Franklin to announce the grants Monday.

Franklin's site, which has been vandalized frequently over the years  
and was the location of a recent fire, will have its building  
leveled. The city hopes to interest a developer in the site, said  
City Manager Elizabeth Dragon.

"We're taking a piece of property that has been a drain on the city's  
resources over the years and making it into a very attractive site  
for a new business," Dragon said.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.unionleader.com/article/20120814/NEWS06/708149950

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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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