[CPEO-BIF] "Mixed-Use Development Project to Rise on Plainfield [New Jersey] 'Brownfield'"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT TO RISE ON PLAINFIELD ‘BROWNFIELD’
Thirty million dollar project announced by Mayor Mapp largest in city in at least 40 years

by JOE TERRELL 
NJ Spotlight
June 14, 2016


Standing in a gravel-strewn clearing in a narrow woodlot, Plainfield Mayor Adrian O. Mapp foresaw a major reclamation project that could prove to be a turnaround for his city.

"We're going to be in the lead of what's happening in Union County, of what's happening in New Jersey," Mapp said. "People are going to realize there are opportunities here."

Once, the strip of land along South Second Street was the site of a dye company. But that burned down 35 years ago and was never rebuilt. "This lot just sat here for 20, 25 years," Mapp said, reclaimed by woods and illegal dumpers. The city finally acquired it through tax foreclosure.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.njspotlight.com/stories/16/06/13/mixed-use-development-project-to-rise-on-plainfield-brownfield/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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