[CPEO-BIF] Halifax County, Virginia

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Hidden value

By Jenny Gray
Roanoke Rapids Daily Herald (VA)
June 9, 2015


The idea that brownfields - properties with suspected or real  
environmental problems - might be seen in a positive light was  
presented to a group of governmental and community leaders Monday.

"People from New Belgium (Brewing Company) said that was their number  
one site criteria - that it had to be a brownfields property," said  
Cathy Scott, executive director of the Halifax County Economic  
Development Commission, of the craft brewing company. "A lot of  
companies are having brownfield properties approved by the State,  
which can bring about meaningful development."

A presentation about brownfields and their impact was presented by  
Ron Townley, planning and services director with the Upper Coastal  
Plain Council of Governments, at the Halifax County Convention and  
Visitors Bureau in Roanoke Rapids. Around the table were mayors Julia  
Meacham of Weldon and Emery Doughtie of Roanoke Rapids; Halifax  
County Commissioners Vernon Bryant and J. Rives Manning Jr.; real  
estate brokers and others who wanted to hear from Townley about a new  
grant received by his organization.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.rrdailyherald.com/news/hidden-value/ 
article_4e0825f6-0eb6-11e5-84bd-3f376dbc6b27.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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Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
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