[CPEO-BIF] Haworth property, Douglas, Michigan

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

As Haworth factory winds down, Douglas revs up its plans for the future

By Jim.Hayden
Holland Sentinel (MI)
December 8. 2013

The for sale signs in front of the city's biggest taxpayer don't  
worry the Douglas director of community development. Ryan Kilpatrick  
is busy looking to the future of the more than 7-acre Haworth  
property and its adjoining land along Blue Star Highway in the small  
lakeshore community.

"We want to plan for that entire area," Kilpatrick said. "We want to  
put together a long-term plan that puts together the development of  
the area."
Community members will have at least two chances to offer their  
opinions on the future of the site.

...

Groundwater at the site was contaminated with the solvent  
trichloroethylene before Haworth leased the property in 1976. Haworth  
bought the facility in 1980. The state Department of Environmental  
Quality installed about a dozen wells on the site to monitor the  
toxin, according to Kilpatrick.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.hollandsentinel.com/article/20131208/NEWS/131209441/1994/ 
NEWS#NEWS/?tag=2

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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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