2014 CPEO Brownfields List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2014 14:46:59 -0800 (PST)
Reply: cpeo-brownfields
Subject: [CPEO-BIF] "Williamstown [Massachusetts] Selectmen to hear ideas for brownfield sites ..."
 
Williamstown Selectmen to hear ideas for brownfield sites at meeting tonight

By Edward Damon
Berkshire Eagle (MA)
January 13, 2014

WILLIAMSTOWN -- Selectmen will be asked during their meeting tonight to approve requests for proposals that could determine the future of two town-owned brownfield sites.

On Friday, Affordable Housing Committee Chairwoman Cathy Yamamoto said the effort to redevelop the former town garage site at 59 Water St. and the former PhoTech Mill at 233 Cole Ave. has been ongoing for several years.

"We're thrilled to be at this point, and are hopeful that we will get responses from developers," she said.

Both sites were voted as surplus property and turned over to Selectmen by Town Meeting roughly a decade ago. Since then, both have seen much environmental remediation paid for by town, state and federal funds. Request For Proposals were also issued for both properties in the mid-2000s.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.berkshireeagle.com/local/ci_24898989/williamstown- selectmen-hear-ideas-brownfield-sites-at-meeting

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Lenny Siegel
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