[CPEO-BIF] Central Massachusetts

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

3 local projects part of brownfield initiative

By Craig S. Semon
WORCESTER TELEGRAM & GAZETTE (MA)
August 26, 2012

Brownfield projects in Central Massachusetts are slowly reclaiming  
blighted land and readying it for productive use.

Projects in Worcester, Grafton and Gardner are among sites that are  
part of the pilot Brownfield Support Team Initiative launched in 2008  
by Gov. Deval Patrick and Lt. Gov. Timothy P. Murray. The initiative  
is a collaborative effort by environmental and economic development  
agencies to help communities clean up contaminated sites and prepare  
them for redevelopment.

"The initiative is based on collaboration across all levels of  
government, and the work is paying off with real opportunities for  
growth and revitalization in some of our most complex, contaminated  
sites," Mr. Murray said.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.telegram.com/article/20120826/NEWS/108269844/1116

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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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