[CPEO-BIF] North Shore project, Canandaigua, New York

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

North Shore tax deal in Canandaigua gets Ontario County's OK

By Megan Brandow
Canandaigua Daily Messenger (NY)
April 18. 2014


CANANDAIGUA - With a vote of support from the county Thursday, the  
developers of the North Shore project on Canandaigua Lake will  
receive an $11 million tax deal.


...


The $11 million PIF granted to developer Morgan-LeChase by the  
Ontario County Industrial Development Agency (OCIDA) will be used to  
construct building foundations at the troubled site, which will  
undergo an environmental cleanup through the Brownfield program  
beginning this summer.

The work is needed due to the state of the ground, which is  
contaminated from the land's past usage as a landfill and is not able  
to be used while designated as a Brownfield site. Developers say  
without the financial relief from the PIF, the project would not come  
to fruition.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.mpnnow.com/article/20140418/NEWS/140419617/1994/NEWS

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
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