[CPEO-BIF] "Palmetto [Florida] seeks to transform brownfield property into dog park"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Palmetto seeks to transform brownfield property into dog park

By MARK YOUNG
Bradenton Herald (FL)
June 8, 2014

PALMETTO -- A vacant parcel in Palmetto that has stood empty for  
decades is going to the dogs -- but in a good way.

It's a snapshot image of old Florida with moss-covered trees  
providing a canopy atop a clear, meandering creek (actually a  
stormwater outflow) winding down toward the Manatee River.

Rust-colored railroad tracks border it to the east near Fifth Street  
West as though patiently awaiting the appearance of the young group  
of friends from the Hollywood classic, "Stand by Me," en route to  
their rather unusual destination.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.bradenton.com/2014/06/08/5194621/palmetto-seeks-to- 
transform-brownfield.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>
http://www.cpeo.org

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