[CPEO-BIF] Ayton Performance "Reclaims Brooklyn [NY] Brownfield"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

IndyCar Race Engines’ Startup Reclaims Brooklyn Brownfield

By Kristen Meriwether

Epoch Times

August 21, 2012

NEW YORK—When the next Indy 500 winner takes a victory lap next year,  
there is a chance the winning engine will have been designed right  
here in New York.

“New York City is known as a global leader in fields ranging from  
fashion to finance, tourism to tech startups, and biosciences to film  
and TV production. Now we can add the design of IndyCar race engines  
to the growing list of things that are ‘Made In New York,’” said  
Mayor Michael Bloomberg from Brooklyn Monday.IndyCar Race Engines'  
Startup Reclaims Brooklyn Brownfield


By Kristen Meriwether
Epoch Times
August 21, 2012

NEW YORK - When the next Indy 500 winner takes a victory lap next  
year, there is a chance the winning engine will have been designed  
right here in New York.

"New York City is known as a global leader in fields ranging from  
fashion to finance, tourism to tech startups, and biosciences to film  
and TV production. Now we can add the design of IndyCar race engines  
to the growing list of things that are 'Made In New York,'" said  
Mayor Michael Bloomberg from Brooklyn Monday.

...

The new shop will be built on a former brownfield site, a site that  
was contaminated with toxins and deemed unsuitable for development  
without being cleaned.

Bergman took advantage of the New York City Brownfield Cleanup  
Program, gaining nearly $80,000 in incentive money for cleaning up  
and building on the lot, which had been a vacant eyesore since 1985.
...

The new shop will be built on a former brownfield site, a site that  
was contaminated with toxins and deemed unsuitable for development  
without being cleaned.

Bergman took advantage of the New York City Brownfield Cleanup  
Program, gaining nearly $80,000 in incentive money for cleaning up  
and building on the lot, which had been a vacant eyesore since 1985.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/united-states/indycar-race-engines- 
startup-reclaims-brooklyn-brownfield-282008.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>
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