[CPEO-BIF] "Redeveloping [Vermont's] Brownfields: Opportunities And Challenges

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Redeveloping Brownfields: Opportunities And Challenges

Steve Zind
Vermont Public Radio
September 24, 2012

There are an estimated four thousand sites in Vermont that are  
considered 'brownfields.'

They range from old gas stations to closed down mills and factories.

Developing these properties is complicated by concerns about  
contaminants in the air, soil or water.

At a meeting last week sponsored by the Vermont Environmental  
Consortium, there was a lot of talk about how developing brownfield  
sites is a team sport; involving environmental and economic  
development people at every level of government, lawyers, willing  
private or public property owners and often lots of patience.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/96003/redeveloping-brownfields- 
opportunities-challenges/

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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>
http://www.cpeo.org

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