[CPEO-BIF] "Minnesota Brownfields group eases cleanup process"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Minnesota Brownfields group eases cleanup process

by Dan Emerson
Finance and Commerce (MN)
December 6, 2013

In recent years, the city of Duluth has been redeveloping its Canal  
Park commercial business district, transforming a former industrial  
area into a trendy retail, commercial and restaurant area. It took a  
while to finish the job because one remaining industrial site sat  
vacant and polluted for years.

Because of the financial risk involved in cleaning up the "toxic  
soup" on the former dump and auto junk yard, "banks wouldn't touch it  
with a 10-foot pole," said Rockie Kavajecz, a co-owner of Canal Park  
Brewing, which opened about a year ago on the 18,600-square-foot site.

The cleanup finally got done with the help of Minnesota Brownfields,  
a St. Paul-based nonprofit that promotes the voluntary investigation,  
cleanup and redevelopment of contaminated sites throughout the state.  
The Canal Park redevelopment was one of four projects recently  
honored by the Minnesota Brownfields' second annual ReScape Awards.

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For the entire article, see
http://finance-commerce.com/2013/12/minnesota-brownfields-group-eases- 
cleanup-process/

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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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