[CPEO-BIF] Medina County, Ohio brownfields

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Environmental study in Medina County spurs redevelopment of former brownfields

By Donna J. Miller
Cleveland Plain Dealer (OH)
September 5, 2014 

MEDINA, Ohio - The environment is a bit cleaner in Medina County than it was three years ago, when the city received a $1 million U.S. EPA brownfields assessment grant.

And redevelopment projects are in the works for several of the sites that now have a clean bill of health.

Funds have been spent on analyzing seven industrial or commercial properties in Medina and Chippewa Lake.

"Brownfield properties often have the stigma of potential environmental contamination from past manufacturing or other commercial operations," environmental consultant T&M Associates said during a public meeting last month at the Medina County District Library. "This fear typically delays redevelopment, as buyers, lenders and developers stay away until the potential liabilities are abated."

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For the entire article, see
http://www.cleveland.com/medina/index.ssf/2014/09/environmental_study_in_medina.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650-961-8918 or 650-969-1545
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