[CPEO-BIF] Stratford, Connecticut

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Town aims to assess brownfields, raze buildings, sell properties

By Lina Rainone
Stratford Star (CT)
May 22, 2014

In a collaborative effort to redevelop and put tax delinquent  
properties back on the rolls, town officials are working on the next  
step in rehabilitating designated brownfield properties. After  
receiving two $400,000 assessment grants - one in 2011 and another in  
2013 - Stratford Conservation Administrator Brian Carey has been  
overseeing the assessment of brownfield properties throughout the  
town. "These are severely underutilized properties creating hardship  
for residents," said Carey, emphasizing the strain these properties  
place on the community both environmentally and financially.

…

The town currently owns three designated brownfield properties:  
Contract Plating at 540 Longbrook Avenue, Mercer Fuel at 2350  
Stratford Avenue and Peasley Products at 993 Honeyspot Road, with an  
estimated 80 more properties targeted for remediation and redevelopment.

…

Mercer Fuel, for example, has been vacant since the early 1980s. A  
former coal facility, the town has completed its assessments and  
removed three 30,000-gallon oil tanks. It is hoping to begin  
demolition this summer.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.stratfordstar.com/21703/town-aims-to-assess-brownfields- 
raze-buildings-sell-properties/

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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
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