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

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

For Mayor Bloomberg's press release, go to
http://www.nyc.gov:80/cgi-bin/misc/pfprinter.cgi? 
action=print&sitename=OM&p=1345666598000

On Aug 21, 2012, at 8:13 AM, Lenny Siegel wrote:

> 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
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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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