[CPEO-BIF] Highland Avenue Opportunity Area, Niagara Falls, New York

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Highland Avenues sites added to state Brownfield Opportunity Areas list

Niagara Gazette (NY)
December 3, 2015

A stretch of property along Highland Avenue is one of 11 new Brownfield Opportunity Areas designated by the state, Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office announced Thursday.

The program helps participants develop revitalization strategies focused on returning dormant and blighted areas into productive communities of economic growth and development, according to Cuomo's office. Projects in these areas will be given priority status for grants and the project developers may access additional Brownfield Cleanup Program tax credit incentives.

Highland Community site consists of a 560-acre area characterized by at least 15 potential brownfield sites concentrated in the Highland community, an area with a mix of residential and historically industrial land uses.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.niagara-gazette.com/news/local_news/highland-avenues-sites-added-to-state-brownfield-opportunity-areas-list/article_5cb2c1e9-2bbc-5944-b23f-7bea990ee3ad.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope Street
Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650-961-8918 or 650-969-1545
Fax: 650-961-8918
LSiegel@cpeo.org
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