2012 CPEO Brownfields List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2012 09:55:56 -0700 (PDT)
Reply: cpeo-brownfields
Subject: [CPEO-BIF] Sacramento, California railyards
 
Pursuing nonsprawling city growth with major brownfield redevelopment: the Sacramento Railyards

Kaid Benfield
NRDC Switchboard
October 19, 2012

For nearly a hundred years, the downtown Sacramento Railyard was a lively, prosperous place. At its height, the yard is said to have employed 10,000 workers, providing mechanical support for the entire western rail system. But by the 1970s the site had become a forgotten, neglected eyesore in the heart of California’s capital city.

That is going to change. Sacramento has initiated what must be one of the nation’s largest brownfield redevelopment projects, transforming 244 acres into a new train and bus station, thousands of new homes, stores, a public market, parks, and a rail technology museum. There was also a plan for a new arena to house the Sacramento Kings of the NBA, but according to press reports that part of the initiative is now in serious doubt.

...

For the entire blog, see
http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/kbenfield/ the_ambitious_rebirth_of_sacra.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
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