From: | Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org> |
Date: | Tue, 11 Dec 2012 23:50:51 -0800 (PST) |
Reply: | cpeo-brownfields |
Subject: | [CPEO-BIF] "Health Centers Find Opportunity in Brownfields" |
Health Centers Find Opportunity in Brownfields By RONDA KAYSEN New York Times December 12, 2012PHILADELPHIA - The community health center rising on a derelict corner here in West Philadelphia never would have broken ground if not for the asbestos inside the building that was demolished to make way for it. Because of the contamination, Spectrum Health Services received a $2 million federal cleanup grant, the first piece of a $14 million construction financing puzzle. When complete, the 36,000-square-foot building will provide a new home for a health center that has been squeezed into a deteriorating strip mall nearby for decades. It will also be the latest in a nationwide trend to replace contaminated tracts in distressed neighborhoods with health centers, in essence taking a potential source of health problems for a community and turning it into a place for health care. In recent years, health care facilities have been built on cleaned-up sites in Florida, Colorado, New Hampshire, Minnesota, Oregon and California. "These health care providers are getting good at it," said Elizabeth Schilling, policy manager for Smart Growth America, an advocacy group. "They have internalized the idea that this is an opportunity for them." ... For the entire article, seehttp://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/12/realestate/commercial/health- centers-find-opportunity-in-brownfields.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 -- 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 _______________________________________________ Brownfields mailing list Brownfields@lists.cpeo.org http://lists.cpeo.org/listinfo.cgi/brownfields-cpeo.org |
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