[CPEO-BIF] Chevy in the Hole, Flint, Michigan

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Wasteland of Flint's Chevy in the Hole will become walkable green  
space starting this summer

By Scott Atkinson (MI)
Flint Journal
April 10, 2014

FLINT, MI --The transformation of the abandoned industrial brownfield  
in the middle of Flint called Chevy in the Hole into walkable  
greenspace is about to begin.

The Genesee County Land Bank and city of Flint, which owns the site,  
have a plan to turn Chevy in the Hole into Chevy Commons, a parkland  
along the Flint River with wetlands, woodlands, grasslands and other  
green areas.

The first phase of that plan will break ground in late summer or  
early fall, said Christina Kelly, who is directing the work for the  
Genesee County Land Bank.

A $1.6 million grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency  
paid for a draft plan to transform the site, with the majority of the  
money going toward the upcoming construction, Kelly said.

Mayor Dayne Walling said he's excited to see the project move  
forward. He said the plan meets the expectations that city officials  
heard from residents when updating Flint's master plan in 2013. He  
said the plan for Chevy in the Hole calls for access to the Flint  
River, recreational space, an area for events and recognizing the  
history of the site's automotive and Native American heritage.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.mlive.com/entertainment/flint/index.ssf/2014/04/ 
chevy_in_the_hole_on_verge_of.html

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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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