[CPEO-BIF] Palmetto Shell gas station building, Palmetto, Florida

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Demolition of Shell station part of Palmetto's revitalization efforts

By MIRIAM VALVERDE
Bradenton Herald (FL)
September 1, 2012

PALMETTO - As motorists and pedestrians descend the Green Bridge and  
enter the City of Palmetto, one of the first things they'll soon  
notice is the absence of the former Palmetto Shell gas station  
building, which sat for four decades on the west side of Eighth  
Avenue West.

Crews are working to demolish the building and clear the site to make  
way for new development, all part of large-scale revitalization plans  
that include U.S. 41 enhancements and new waterfront attractions.

"It'll be the face of the revitalization that's taking place  
throughout the City of Palmetto," Mayor Shirley Groover Bryant said.  
"It's going to be such a positive anchor, that's our goal."

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.bradenton.com/2012/09/01/4180888/demolition-of-palmetto- 
part-of.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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