[CPEO-BIF] Brooklyn school site, Hibbing, Minnesota

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Brooklyn project: An example of revitalization and collaboration

by Kelly Grinsteinner
Hibbing Daily Tribune/Mesabi Daily News (MN)
October 31, 2014

HIBBING - A Neighborhood of Habitat for Humanity homes in the  
Brooklyn area is a good example of reuse and revitalization of  
formerly contaminated land, according to the nonprofit organization  
Minnesota Brownfields.

...

NSLCHFH has transformed a contaminated, vacant city block - which was  
once the site of the Brooklyn School - into $960,000 worth of  
affordable, single-family homes. The development provides shelters  
for 28 to 30 residents.

When the former Brooklyn school was destroyed by fire in 1973, its  
charred remains were buried on site, resulting in the contamination  
of soils and debris with lead, other metals and asbestos. The site  
remained vacant until it was donated to the nonprofit in 2008.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.virginiamn.com/news/regional/brooklyn-project-an-example- 
of-revitalization-and-collaboration/ 
article_8d1882bc-616f-11e4-9092-4f912e6b71ee.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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