2016 CPEO Brownfields List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2016 22:44:30 -0800 (PST)
Reply: cpeo-brownfields
Subject: [CPEO-BIF] "Former GM site in Massena [New York] would be good spot for server farm"
 
Planting digital seeds: Former GM site in Massena would be good spot for server farm


Watertown Daily Times (NY
December 10, 2016 

Community leaders have been debating how to best use the land in Massena where General Motors once stood, an issue that requires serious contemplation.

St. Lawrence County previously received a Brownfield Opportunity Area grant from the New York Department of State to draft a plan for how to use the site. Since the GM plant closed, the property has undergone cleanup efforts to remove contaminated soil.

“The Massena Site Brownfield Opportunity Area Revitalization Plan (Massena BOA) process is building upon the substantial efforts of the North Country Revitalization Task Force, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and site owner RACER Trust to help transform the site into a community asset and a force in driving the recovery of the regional economy,” according to information on the website for the Massena Site Brownfield Opportunity Area Revitalization Plan. “Since the closure of the former GM Massena plant in 2009, the North Country Revitalization Task Force has brought together municipalities (town of Massena, village of Massena, St. Lawrence County), St. Regis Mohawk tribal government, businesses, economic development agencies, organized labor and property owners to advance revitalization opportunities for the local economy.”

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For the entire article, see
http://www.watertowndailytimes.com/opinion/planting-digital-seeds-former-gm-site-in-massena-would-be-good-spot-for-server-farm-20161210

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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/Fax: 650/961-8918 
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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