[CPEO-BIF] Hockanum Mills site, Vernon, Connecticut

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Vernon Company Receives $2 Million Loan For Hockanum Mill Cleanup

By SUZANNE CARLSON
The Hartford Courant
April 22, 2013

VERNON - Kaplan Mill Works LLC has received a $2 million loan from  
the state to clean up the Hockanum Mills brownfield site so it can be  
redeveloped for commercial use.

The site, at 200 West Main St., includes 11 mill buildings on 9.38  
acres. Economic Development Coordinator Shawn Gately said two of the  
buildings have become dilapidated and collapsed and will probably be  
removed, but the other nine buildings will be restored with an eye to  
historical integrity.

Ken Kaplan, owner of Kaplan Computers, established Kaplan Mill Works  
as a real estate holding company for the property, which is  
contaminated with lead paint, asbestos and other industrial  
pollutants, Gately said.

Kaplan, who purchased the property's tax liens after former  
developers essentially abandoned their renovation, said he plans to  
use about $400,000 for the cleanup and the rest of the long-term, low- 
interest state loan to renovate existing buildings.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.courant.com/community/vernon/hc-vernon-brownfield- 
grant-0419-20130418,0,7726217.story

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Lenny Siegel
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a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
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