[CPEO-BIF] "Old gas station, or new urban place?"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Old gas station, or new urban place?

by Elizabeth Whiten   
Great Greater Washington (DC)
February 11, 2016

Gas stations are slowly becoming a thing of the past, but properties with abandoned stations can become vibrant community spaces. Transforming gas stations can add density, encourage foot traffic, and bring economic activity to neighborhoods.

According to the US Census Bureau, the number of stations declined by more than 12,000 over the last 15 years. Often on prominent street corners so they're visible from multiple angles, and many times connected to more than just one street, gas stations are properties that hold a lot of value for developers and businesses. 

The reuse of old stations started to grow in 2002, when Congress authorized the EPA to use its brownfield funding for cleanup of properties with low risk underground storage tanks (for fuel).

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For the entire article, see
http://greatergreaterwashington.org/post/29678/old-gas-station-or-new-urban-place/

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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>
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