[CPEO-BIF] "DeLand [Florida] expands Country Club brownfield"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

DeLand expands Country Club brownfield

By Anthony DeFeo
Daytona Beach News-Journal (FL)
December 2, 2013


DELAND - City commissioners unanimously passed a resolution on first  
reading Monday night designating a brownfield district on property  
near the former DeLand Country Club.

Lake Mary-based Tailwinds Development received final approval Nov. 17  
to redevelop the former golf course into a mixed-use development that  
could feature up to 237 homes, 120,000 square feet of new retail  
space, 20,000 square feet of office space and a 120-bed assisted  
living facility.

Dieldrin, a once-common pesticide now known to be a health hazard,  
was used on the golf course several decades ago, making development  
on the area complicated. The brownfield designation will allow the  
developers to work with the Florida Department of Environmental  
Protection to clean up the property, with the help of state grants  
and other forms of assistance.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.news-journalonline.com/article/20131202/NEWS/ 
131209897/1040?Title=DeLand-expands-Country-Club-brownfield

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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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